Investigation of an Adaptive Treatment Algorithm for Post-op Thoracic Patients to Reduce the Length of Drainage (AATD)

Medela

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Pulmonary Fistula

Treatments: Procedure: Thoracic Surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT01177215

GE-ADAPTALGO-2010

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to reduce the length of drainage using a treatment protocol to control the manipulation of the applied vacuum to the pleural cavity.

Full description

In this prospective study, a treatment algorithm is tested in a subgroup of patients with postoperative pulmo-pleural fistula. The primary aim is to reduce the duration of pulmo-pleural fistulation. Secondary aim is to reduce the duration of chest tube therapy.

Enrollment: 39 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with a post operative air leak after 16 to 24 hours bigger than 50ml/min.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with an empyema
• Patients with a spontaneous pneumothorax

Trial design

39 participants in 1 patient group

Digital chest tube

Description:

All patients will be treated with the digital chest tube device

Treatment:

Procedure: Thoracic Surgery