What is water after lung cancer operation

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When I was about to leave work in the morning, the director asked all the doctors in our department to have a meeting in the conference room. The main discussion was about a patient with lung cancer. He had water after surgery. Let's talk about water after lung cancer surgery.

What is water after lung cancer operation

First: pleural effusion is a common complication of advanced lung cancer, which seriously affects the quality of life and survival time of patients. Intrathoracic local chemotherapy is the main treatment. In recent years, hyperthermia (such as nedaplatin Intrapleural Perfusion Combined with hyperthermia) and central venous catheter drainage have also achieved good results in the treatment of malignant pleural effusion of lung cancer.

Second, the lymphocytes obtained from the culture of pleural effusion in patients with advanced lung cancer are injected into the pleural cavity again, and more than half of the malignant pleural effusion can be alleviated. In addition, the comprehensive method of combining traditional Chinese medicine with western medicine, treating both internal and external, and combining attack and supplement has achieved remarkable clinical results.

Third: the problem of pleural effusion treatment after lung cancer surgery. In this case, we need to first determine the cause and amount of pleural effusion. It can be a normal phenomenon after operation. Generally, it appears after operation with less effusion and no obvious symptoms. This situation can be slowly absorbed by the body. However, if the postoperative time is long and the amount of water is large, it is recommended to extract the fluid for testing to find out whether there are still residual cancer cells and whether the disease is caused by recurrence and metastasis.

matters needing attention

Some patients with lung cancer will have water after surgery. At this time, patients and their families should not be too alarmed. It is particularly important to communicate with doctors in time, because doctors will make specific improvement measures according to patients' own conditions.