Mobilization Before and After Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Lobectomy/Segmentectomy

Rigshospitalet

Status: Completed

Conditions: Perioperative Care; Lung Cancer (NSCLC); Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07338474

P-2024-17015

Details and patient eligibility

About

To examine mobilization before/after Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Lobectomy/Segmentectomy and further assess possible barriers to mobilization.

Full description

50 patients will be included in the study. Patients will wear a SENS motion, accelerometer for minimum 48 hours before surgery and until discharge (or maximum 7 days). Mobilization and posture will be measured 24h. Twice daily the patients will be assessed with a multidimensional questionnaire about barriers to mobilization.

Enrollment: 51 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age > 18 years
• Able to understand written and spoken Danish language
• Signed written informed consent form.
• Patient planned to elective VATS lobectomy or segmentectomy
• Patients with the pre-operative examination done minimum 48 hours prior to surgery (to allow at least 48 hours of preoperative activity monitoring)

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with diagnoses (neurological, psychiatric, orthopedic etc.) that challenges postoperative mobilization and posture changes.
• Patient undergoing re-surgery
• Patients admitted to intensive care unit
• Patients with a conversion to open surgery