Risks of Surgery for Mediastinal Masses

An operation for a thymic mass is a significant surgery. People commonly experience some degree of pain and shortness of breath after surgery. Weakness and fatigue may linger for weeks. Complications following mediastinal surgery can include:

• Reactions to anesthesia
• Bleeding
• Blood clots in the legs or lungs
• Pneumonia
• Hematoma
  This is when the surgery site fills up with blood and there is a sudden onset of swelling and pain. This is a complication that requires urgent medical intervention.
• Infection
  Signs of infection include a fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, pain at the incision site, or discomfort that medicine does not control.
• Phrenic nerve injury
  The nerve to the muscle that supplies your breathing muscle, the diaphragm" to the list of complications.