Intervenção fisioterapêutica pré-operatória para pacientes submetidos à ressecção pulmonar por câncer: revisão sistemática

INTRODUCTION: The physiotherapy has been advocated as an important component in the treatment and prevention of postoperative pulmonary complications, being used in both pre and postoperative periods of lung resection surgery. The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of preoperative physiotherapy for patients who will undergo resection surgery for lung cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Systematic review of randomized clinical trials carried out in accordance with the Cochrane metodology. The electronic search was performed in Cochrane Library, PEDro, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, LILACS. We also searched for both non-published and on-going studies in the Current Controlled Trials database. In addition, a manual search in the references of all relevant studies was performed, and the authors were contacted for additional non-published data. RESULTS: Twenty-eight papers were considered potentially relevant; among them, 26 were excluded. Two randomized controlled trials met the inclusion criteria. One study compared non invasive ventilation (BILEVEL) associated to standard treatment with standard treatment alone; and other study compared inspiratory muscle training and incentive spirometry with no training. There was just one common outcome between the studies, but was not possible to perform the meta-analysis due to missing data. CONCLUSION: There is no sufficient evidence to state that the preoperative physiotherapeutic intervention has efficacy and safety for patients who will undergo resection surgery for lung cancer.