Shoulder pain after lung nodule surgery generally requires vigilance for malignant lung nodule postoperative bone metastasis.
1. Shoulder pain after lung nodule surgery can have multiple causes, among which malignant lung nodule postoperative bone metastasis to the scapula and so on need to be the most vigilant, and need to be further treated, or else it will seriously affect the patient’s life expectancy.
2. Lung nodule surgery position generally need to fix the upper arm on the anesthesia head frame, the patient can have shoulder pain after surgery, but the shoulder pain can be disappeared after postoperative recovery or functional exercise, generally without obvious sequelae.
3. Lung nodule surgery thoracic operation or anesthesia drugs can affect the thoracic phrenic nerve or diaphragm, postoperative or shoulder pain, general postoperative or anesthesia disappears or can return to normal.
Shoulder pain after lung nodule surgery is recommended to go to the hospital for further consultation, examination or treatment.