THORACIC (CHEST) SURGICAL PROCEDURES
(Assoc. Prof. Erkan YILDIRIM, MD, PhD, f.e.t.c.s. / Thoracic & Lung Transplant Surgeon / Istanbul –TURKEY)
Video-Assisted Minimal Invasive Chest Surgery: Mediastinal Tumor/Cyst Surgery
- ICU Stay: 1 day
- HOSPITAL Stay: 5-6 days
- TOTAL Stay in TURKEY (range in DAYS*; unless any other complications!): 14 – 16 Days
GENERAL INFO
Before Surgery
- Consultations – (Preop – *(Only Anesthesia and Chest Diseases are preoperatively included in the total charges!): Anesthesia and Chest Disease (if needed)*
- Blood Tests: Yes (Hemogram, Serology, Biochemistry, Blood type)
- Chest X-Ray: Yes (*Bilateral; PA and Lateral Chest Graphies)
- Abdominal X-Ray: If needed!
- PFT (Pulmonary Function Test): If needed! Yes – (* Not included in the total charges)!
- V/Q Scan (Lung Ventilation / Perfusion Scan): No
- Chest and/or Abdominal CT Scan – *(If the patient have the CT scans already done, then no need to take additional CT scans preop): Yes – Preop evaluation (* Not included in the total charges)!
- PET / CT Scan (Positron Emisson Tomography): Yes – Preop evaluation (* Not included in the total charges)!
- MRI (Chest, Abdomen and/or Brain) – *(If the patient have the MRI already done, then no need to take additional MRI preop): If needed! (*Not included in the total charges!)
- Bone Scan: Not routine – If needed!* – Preop evaluation (*Not included in the total charges)
- USG / Ultrasonography (Chest, Abdomen, and/or others): Not routine – If needed!* – Preop evaluation (*Not included in the total charges)
During Surgery:
- General Anesthesia: Yes
- Local/Regional Anesthesia: No
- Local Anesthesia + Sedation: No
- Spinal / Epidural Anesthesia: Not routine!; *If needed! *(Not included in the total charges!)
- PCA (Patient Controlled Analgesia; Epidural or IV route! – *(NOT included in the total charges!): Not routine!; *If needed for Postop Analgesia! – *(Not included in the total charges!)
After Surgery
- HOSPITAL STAY after the ICU period, if ever: 5-6 Days
- STAY AT HOTEL after being discharged from Hospital – *’Wound Dressing’ Everyday till the Control Day!: 8-10 Days
- First CONTROL Day! – *Get the Stitches removed, If ever!: 10th Day after being discharged to HOTEL
- Discharged to HOME – *Take your prescription – DO NOT FORGET!: Patients generally could have “a safe flight to home” at the 10th day after the FIRST CONTROL
- After – Surgery ( 3rd to 4th Weeks) – Needs CONSULTATIONS by “Medical AND Radiation Oncology Clinics”: Yes
- Late – CONTROLS (1st -3rd – 6th – 12th -24th months in concordance with “the Medical & Radiation Oncology Departments Followups”)!: Yes