Modified Versus Traditional Thoracic Drainage After Thoracoscopic Surgery

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Lung Cancer; Postoperative Pain; Lung Neoplasms; Pulmonary Neoplasm; Thoracoscopic Surgery
• Interventions: Procedure: pigtail catheter

• Registration Number: NCT04309955
• Lead Sponsor: Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University

Brief Summary

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Thoracoscopic pulmonary resection is a prevalent management for early stage of lung cancer. Placement of traditional chest tube is the standard procedure after surgery, which causes pain that cannot be ignored. We aimed to determine whether a modified thoracic drainage strategy based on pigtail catheter associated with better clinical results compared with traditional methods after thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-12-01
• Status Verified: 2020-03
• Study First Submitted: 2020-03-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-03-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-03-16
• Study First Posted: 2020-03-17
• Last Update Posted: 2020-03-18
• Primary Completion: 2020-04-01
• Study Completion: 2020-04-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• 18<age<80;
• Patients with lung cancer;
• Thoracoscopic lung resection;
• Single chest-tube insertion.

Exclusion Criteria

• A history of preoperative chemotherapy or radiotherapy;
• Presence of distant tumor metastasis;
• Pneumonectomy;
• Dysfunction of cardiorespiratory system or other surgical contraindications.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
modified thoracic drainage group	pigtail catheter	After surgery, both a chest tube and a pigtail catheter are inserted into the middle and posterior axillary lines of the 7th intercostal space, respectively.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Chest tube drainage duration	From date of operation until the date of chest tube removal, assessed up to 7 days	The number of days from operation day to the day of chest tube removal
Volume of drainage	From date of operation until the date of removal of the chest tube and pigtail catheter, assessed up to 7 days.	Total volume of thoracic drainage (ml)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Postoperative hospital stay	From date of operation until the date of hospital discharge, assessed up to 30 days.	The numbers of days of patients stay in the hospital after surgery

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University; 🇨🇳 Chongqing, Chongqing, China