The safety and feasibility of early postoperative chest tube removal after video assisted thoracoscopic lung segmentectomy

JRCT ID: jRCT1030210164

Registered date:28/06/2021

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Primary lung cancer, Metastatic lung tumor, inflammatory lung disease
• Date of first enrollment: 28/06/2021
• Target sample size: 20
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): Early postoperative chest tube removal (4 hours after surgery)

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Incidence of chest tube reinsertion

Secondary Outcome

Postoperative hospitalization
Postoperative pain score
Postoperative complication

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: Not applicable
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Both

Include criteria

Patients scheduled for VATS anatomical lung segmentectomy
Written, informed concent has been obtained.

Exclude criteria

Dence pleural adhesions
History of ipsilateral anatomical lung resection
Air leak intraoperative sealing test
Blood loss over 200ml
Underlying lung disease (emphysema, interstitial pneumonia, etc.)
Air leaks from the end of surgery up to 4 hours
Discharge over 300ml from the end of surgery up to 4 hours

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Hitoshi Igai