Collapsed Lung Surgery. Surgery to remove small balloon like tissues blebs that cause lung collapse pneumothorax wedge resection to remove part of a lobe in a lung a thoracotomy is a surgical cut that a surgeon makes to open the chest wall. Your surgeon sits at.
Surgery to remove small balloon like tissues blebs that cause lung collapse pneumothorax wedge resection to remove part of a lobe in a lung a thoracotomy is a surgical cut that a surgeon makes to open the chest wall. Sleep in a recliner for. Depending on the severity of your symptoms your medical history and any.
Surgery to prevent recurrences can be done by rubbing the inside of the chest wall pleural abrasion removing the lining of the chest wall pleurectomy or by putting powder into the chest cavity talc pleurodesis.
After the first pneumothorax the risk of the lung collapsing again ranges from 28 to 54. Bed rest is not necessary with a collapsed lung. Your surgeon makes a long cut along the side of your chest. If the pneumothorax is very small and there are no symptoms the lung may re inflate on its own.
