After lung nodule surgery, you can usually engage in lighter physical activities and avoid excessive physical labor. There are many types of lung nodule surgery, such as thoracoscopic lung wedge resection or segmental resection. Wedge resection has a smaller resection area, which has less impact on the body and can preserve most of the lung tissue function. In contrast, segmental lung resection involves removing certain lung segments with nodular lesions and preserving the rest of the normal lung tissue. Recovery after wedge resection is generally faster and depends on the patient’s own recovery to determine whether he or she is able to perform heavy physical activities. While the recovery after segmentectomy is slower, it is usually better to engage in some light physical labor after the operation, avoid doing heavy physical work, so as not to cause secondary damage to the body.