Can scare tissue develop and cause tenderness at lung cancer surgery site two years after surgery?

No: It would be unusual for the scar tissue to cause NEW onset pain. If you had the pain ever since the surgery, that is normal. But if it has just suddenly occurred out of the blue, without a direct injury to that area, then you need to go have it checked out by your doc.

Check it out : Check it out. Could be scar tissue or other things.

Yes: When lung cancers are treated surgically, the tumoris removed by a thoracotomy. The incision made between the ribs can injure the intercostal nerve and as a result a neuroma can form which can rmain tender for a long period of time.

No and yes: The scar tissue can cause pain years later, but didn't just develop, its been there all along..why no pain before? Nobody knows. It's also possible that the pain is from something else, such as a muscle spasm. If its severe, or unrelenting, you can always contact your thoracic surgeon and get it checked out. Hope this helps!

Unlikely: Although scar tissue can sometimes cause pain while it is forming, it is extremely unlikely to happen after two years, since it contains no nerve endings or pain receptors.