Outcomes of a Single Chest Drain vs Two Drains

Khyber Teaching Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Esophageal Anastomotic Leak; Pleura; Effusion; Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Treatments: Procedure: Single drain placement; Procedure: Bilateral chest tube placement

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07125248

190/DME/KM

Details and patient eligibility

About

Esophagectomy is a major surgical procedure done for carcinoma of esophagus. Usually bilateral chest tubes are placed in surgery for prevention of fluid accumulation in chest. However such procedure limits patients mobility and increases severity of pain. recent studies suggest that a single drain can be safe and effective. our study aims to compare the results of two chest tubes vs one.

Enrollment: 68 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients undergoing open esophagectomy for carcinoma of esophagus

Exclusion criteria

• Non consenting individuals esophagectomy for benign disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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68 participants in 2 patient groups

Bilateral chest drains group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will have bilateral intercostal chest tubes placed during surgery.

Treatment:

Procedure: Bilateral chest tube placement

Single drain group

Experimental group

Description:

Paricipants in this group will have a single transhiatal drain placed in mediastinum that would be brought out through abdomen

Treatment:

Procedure: Single drain placement