The effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) on the collapsed lung during single-lung-ventilation in patients undergoing robot-assisted thoracoscopic esophageal resection: pulmonary complications, local and systemic cytokine productio

Completed

• Conditions: Esophageal cancer; Cancer; Oesophageal

• Registration Number: ISRCTN61458115
• Lead Sponsor: niversity Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), Department of Surgery (The Netherlands)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-04-28
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with resectable carcinoma of the esophagus or junction that will undergo robot-assisted thoracoscopic esophago-lymphadenectomy with gastric conduit formation
2. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification <4
3. Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Moderate/severe lung function impairment ascertained by pulmonary function tests, requiring high dose steroid therapy
2. No epidural catheter

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified