Surgery helps patient recover from post-COVID complications
The Hindu
Pus weighing 1 kg around lung removed through operation
Surgery on critical COVID-19 patients or those who recover from the infection is a risky option, as it could affect the already damaged organs. But doctors say some patients with lung complications due to the infection could benefit from surgery as evident from the case of a 52-year-old native of Beypore in Kozhikode who had developed post-COVID complications. According to Nasser Yusuf, thoracic surgeon with PVS Hospital, Kozhikode, the patient never really recovered from COVID-19 though he had tested negative for the virus. He was always visibly tired. CT scan revealed pneumonia in the left lung with a fluid-like thing causing complete lung collapse. He was living on his right lung which was partially damaged.More Related News