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Comparison of Post-operation Cardiopulmonary Capacity of Patients Underwent Conventional and Robot-assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Graft and Valve Replacement Surgery

Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Coronary Bypass Graft Stenosis
Valvular Heart Disease
Interventions
Procedure: robot-assisted surgery
Registration Number
NCT05430568
Lead Sponsor
Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Brief Summary

Robotic surgery is one of the most popular minimally invasive procedures for patients with coronary artery disease or valvular diseases. Studies have shown that, as compared to conventional sternotomy, patients underwent robot-assisted bypass grafting or valvuloplasty had less post-operation pain, blood transfusion volume during operation, re-operation rate, post-operation stroke rate and length of hospitalization. However, most studies focused on the comparison of complications of different procedures, and the investigation of cardiopulmonary function recovery is still lacking. Thus our study is to compare the functional outcomes between patients that undergo different surgical procedures.

Detailed Description

The study is a prospective cohort study. The experimental group will include 40 patients, consisting 20 after robotic coronary artery bypass grafting and 20 after robotic valvuloplasty. The control group will include 20 patients for each conventional procedure.

Once decided the surgery type, the surgeon will consult the rehabilitation department and the director of this trial for inform consent. The recruitment and allocation will only be done after the patient has decided which type of surgery to receive. However, in case of change of surgery type, the patient will be excluded from the trial.

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing, 6-minute walking test and questionnaires about wound pain and cardiac functional status will be performed before surgery, two weeks after discharge and three months after discharge respectively. Primary outcomes include the change of maximal oxygen consumption (VO2), anaerobic threshold and the result of six minute walking test before and after surgery. Secondary outcomes include the change vital capacity (FVC), resting heart rate, oxygen pulse (O2 pulse), wound pain visual analog scale (VAS) and Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) before and after surgery.

The hypothesis of this study is that patients who undergo robot-assisted surgery will have better cardiopulmonary outcomes than those receive conventional surgery

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
80
Inclusion Criteria
  • patient who undergo surgery for coronary artery bypass graft or valvular replacement.
Exclusion Criteria
  • pregnant
  • patients who receive more than one type of surgery
  • severe complications after surgery (ex. respiratory failure, stroke) and stayed in hospital for more than 2 weeks.
  • cannot perform the cardiopulmonary exercise testing
  • other contraindications for cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
valvular heart disease, robotrobot-assisted surgerypatients who have received valvular replacement surgery with robot-assisted procedure
bypass graft, robotrobot-assisted surgerypatients who have received coronary artery bypass graft surgery with robot-assisted procedure
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change of maximal oxygen consumption in 3 monthspre-operation to 3 months post-operation

the change of maximal oxygen consumption from before surgery to 3 months after surgery

Change of anaerobic threshold post surgerypre-operation to 2 weeks post-operation

the change of the onset of lactate accumulation in blood from before surgery to 2 weeks after surgery

Change of anaerobic threshold in 3 monthspre-operation to 3 months post-operation

the change of the onset of lactate accumulation in blood from before surgery to 3 months after surgery

Change of six minute walking test result post-surgerypre-operation to 2 weeks post-operation

the change of six minute walking test result from before surgery to 2 weeks after surgery

Change of maximal oxygen consumption post-surgerypre-operation to 2 weeks post-operation

the change of maximal oxygen consumption from surgery before to 2 weeks after surgery

Change of six minute walking test result in 3 monthspre-operation to 3 months post-operation

the change of six minute walking test result from before surgery to 3 months after surgery

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change of respiratory flow ratio in 3 monthspre-operation to 3 months post-operation

the change of the ratio of air volume on exhalation to vital capacity during the first second in the pulmonary function testing from before surgery to 3 months after surgery

Change of resting heart rate in 3 monthspre-operation to 3 months post-operation

the change of resting heart rate from before surgery to 3 months after surgery

Change of oxygen pulse post-surgerypre-operation to 2 weeks post-operation

the change of the maximal value of VO2 divided by heart rate during exercise testing from before surgery to 2 weeks after surgery

Change of oxygen pulse in 3 monthspre-operation to 3 months post-operation

the change of the maximal value of VO2 divided by heart rate during exercise testing from before surgery to 3 months after surgery

Change of activity status in 3 monthspre-operation to 3 months post-operation

the change of the Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) score from before surgery to 3 months after surgery The DASI is a score ranging from 0 to 58.2. A higher score indicates a better cardiorespiratory fitness.

Change of vital capacity post-surgerypre-operation to 2 weeks post-operation

the change of vital capacity during pulmonary function testing from before surgery to 2 weeks after surgery

pain post-surgery2 weeks post-operation

pain visual analog scale score (from 0 to 10, higher score means more painful) for surgery wound pain at 2 weeks after surgery

Change of resting heart rate post-surgerypre-operation to 2 weeks post-operation

the change of resting heart rate from before surgery to 2 weeks after surgery

Change of vital capacity in 3 monthspre-operation to 3 months post-operation

the change of vital capacity during pulmonary function testing from before surgery to 3 months after surgery

Change of respiratory flow post-surgerypre-operation to 2 weeks post-operation

the change of the ratio of air volume on exhalation to vital capacity during the first second in the pulmonary function testing from before surgery to 2 weeks after surgery

pain in 3 months3 months post-operation

pain visual analog scale score (from 0 to 10, higher score means more painful) for surgery wound pain at 3 months after surgery

Change of activity status post-surgerypre-operation to 2 weeks post-operation

the change of the Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) score from before surgery to 2 weeks after surgery.

The DASI is a score ranging from 0 to 58.2. A higher score indicates a better cardiorespiratory fitness.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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Taichung City, Taiwan

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