Daily Chest Roentgenograms Are Unnecessary in Nonhypoxic Patients Who Have Undergone Pulmonary Resection by Thoracotomy

Daily CXRs are not needed in the vast majority of patients who undergo elective pulmonary resection after thoracotomy. It is of little benefit for patients who do not have a pneumothorax on their recovery room CXR or for patients who do not become hypoxic.