Abordaje fisioterápico en la cirugía por cáncer de pulmón

This article is a review about Respiratory Physical Therapy and Pulmonary Rehabilitation in the treatment of lung carcinoma. For that, different resources have been consulted. The role of respiratory physical therapy and pulmonary rehabilitation is clearly defined in the upper abdominal surgery and in other thoratic surgeries, such as lung volume reduction, but in the case of lobectomies and pneumonectomies extrapolations are often made from what have been shown beneficial in other surgery processes. The article tackles lung carcinoma epidemiological issues, the main surgeries employed and the physical therapy treatment in the pre-operative and the post-operative period in relation to the functional findings and the therapeutic aims. Also, it was taken into account the clinical experience of the authors in this area.