Flying is as safe as ground travel after chest surgery, Mayo study finds Rochester, Minn. — Summer travel isn’t for vacation alone. For some people, it may include a trip to an out-of-town hospital for surgery. If you are traveling for chest surgery, you may wonder whether it is safer to return home by car or plane. A new Mayo Clinic study found that, contrary to conventional wisdom, air travel is just as safe as ground travel after chest surgery, and there is often no reason to wait for weeks after an operation to fly home. Lead study author Stephen Cassivi, M.D., a Mayo Clinic thoracic surgeon, offers these five tips for safer, more comfortable travel home after surgery:
It happens about 600 times a day and, hopefully, you never give it a thought. Swallowing. As simple as it seems, Mayo Clinic thoracic surgeon Stephen Cassivi, M.D., says swallowing is a very complex process with three distinct phases. Because it requires the coordination of several of the body’s systems, Dr. Cassivi (Kass' eh vee) says not everyone can take swallowing for granted.
Journalists: Sound bites with Dr. Cassivi are available in the downloads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDrr-HmF1NkDr. Stephen Cassivi, a thoracic surgeon at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., discusses hiatal hernia and treatment options. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E-V9kmjmnA
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