Fast Track Rehabilitation Following Video-assisted Lung Segmentectomy

Theagenio Cancer Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Multiple Pulmonary Nodules

Treatments: Procedure: Mini thoracotomy; Other: VATS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01397045

Theagenio Thoracic Surgery 1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim of this prospective randomized study is to assess the safety and efficacy of video-assisted lung segmentectomy (Group B) comparing with mini muscle-sparing thoracotomy (group A) during diagnostic process for pulmonary nodules.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with undiagnosed multiple pulmonary nodules

Exclusion criteria

• Centrally located lesions
• previous thoracotomy
• extensive lung consolidation, and inability to achieve one lung ventilation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

Video-assisted lung segmentectomy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients undergoing VATS segmentectomy

Treatment:

Other: VATS

Mini thoracotomy

Other group

Description:

Patients undergoing lung segmentectomy through a mini thoracotomy

Treatment:

Procedure: Mini thoracotomy