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How can breathing exercise help pre-operation?

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How can breathing exercise help pre-operation?

Breathing exercises are very important for abdominal thoracic surgery to reduce chances of infection post surgery.

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Breathing exercises are important pre-surgery, especially for abdominal or thoracic surgery. We want to keep the lungs nice and clear so that we're reducing the chances of any kind of lung infections such as pneumonia post-surgery.

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