VCH Patient Information Booklets

Below you will find a summary of links to VCH Patient Education Booklets related to Thoracic Surgery.

Click on the titles below to be taken to the Booklet PDFs.

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TESTS

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• Bronchoscopy & EBUS

• Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)

• Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs)

• CT Scan 

• Lung Biopsy

• MRI Scan

• Thoracentesis

• Barium Swallow

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WELCOME 

• Welcome to the Chest Centre

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CHEST SURGERY

• Chest Surgery Patient and Family Information Guide

• Going Home after your Chest Surgery

• Microcoil Lung Surgery

• Shoulder ROM Exercises

• Post-Operative Breathing and Leg Exercises 

•  Home Exercises After Sternotomy

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ESOPHAGECTOMY

• Esophagectomy Patient and Family Information Guide

• Diet After Esophagectomy​

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RIB FRACTURES & CHEST TRAUMA

• Rib Fractures and Chest Injury: Information for Patients

• Managing a Rib Fracture: a patient guide

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HIATUS HERNIA REPAIR

• Hiatus Hernia Repair: A Patient & Family Information Guide 

• Eating after a Hiatus Hernia Repair

• Fluid Diet Following Hiatus Hernia Repair

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ACHALASIA SURGERY

• Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy for Achlasia (PDF under revision)

• Eating after a Heller Myotomy for Achalasia

• Fluid Diet Following Heller Myotomy

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MISCELLANEOUS BOOKLETS

• Pneumostat Chest Drain

• PleurX® Catheter for Chest Drainage 

• Eating with an Esophageal Stent

• Fluid Diet after Esophageal Stent

• Tube Feeding at Home: a guidebook for patients, families, and caregivers