Modified Versus Traditional Thoracic Drainage After Thoracoscopic Surgery

Army Medical University of People's Liberation Army

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Postoperative Pain; Lung Neoplasms; Lung Cancer; Thoracoscopic Surgery; Pulmonary Neoplasm

Treatments: Procedure: pigtail catheter

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04309955

Kli3

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

modified thoracic drainage group

Experimental group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Procedure: pigtail catheter

traditional thoracic drainage group

No Intervention group

Description:

After surgery, only a chest tube is inserted into the midaxillary line of the 7th intercostal space, traditionally.