Evaluation of a Rehabilitation Program After Lung Surgery

Hopital Foch

Status: Completed

Conditions: Thoracic Surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00969358

2009/12

Details and patient eligibility

About

Fast track programs, multimodal therapy strategies, have been introduced in many surgical fields to minimize postoperative morbidity and mortality. This study is intended to evaluate a rehabilitation program in comparison with a historical series.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adult patient
• ASA 1, 2 or 3
• lung surgery (postero-lateral or axillary approach)
• epidural analgesia

Exclusion criteria

• preoperative oxygen therapy
• lack of autonomy
• unstable coronary artery disease
• FEV1 < 50%
• pregnancy