If the collection of water inside the chest is left as such without any treatment, a sufferer will face a number of complications in due course of time. With the gradual passage of time, at the collection-site, a thin membrane appears which surrounds and attempts to limit the water collection. it suppresses the adjoining portion of the lung resulting into gross disturbance in functioning of the lung. and sometimes whole lung is compressed. This condition is called in medical term a ‘Fibrothorax’. To treat this condition and free the lung, surgical intervention is required.
Dr. K. K. Pandey is a Senior Consultant in Thoracic & Endothoracic Surgery at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, with 30+ years’ experience in lung cancer surgery, chest tumors, pleural diseases, VATS, esophageal surgery and minimally invasive thoracic procedures. He is also a dedicated health writer and educator.