Pleuropulmonary Echography Versus Standard Chest X-ray in the Post-operative Follow-up of Pleuropulmonary Surgery (REC)

University Hospital Center of Martinique

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pleuro-pulmonary Surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03835130

18_RIPH3-06

Details and patient eligibility

About

In postoperative pleuro-pulmonary surgery, the monitoring of the appearance of complications is guided, depending on the centres, by the systematic daily performance or, in the event of a call point, by chest x-ray at the patient's bed until the drains are ablative.

This repeated performance of radiographs results in irradiation of patients but also of medical staff and a significant cost.

In the thoracic study, ultrasound imaging is a fast, cost-effective, non-irradiating solution that can be performed at the patient's bedside. It could guide the performance of chest x-ray, limit their number, with increased clinical relevance.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient with a higher age to 18 and undergoing pleuro-pulmonary surgery
• Hospitalized patient at Martinique University Hospital
• Patient receiving social security
• Patient giving his free and informed consent orally

Exclusion criteria

• Patient minor
• Woman who is pregnant and breast feeding
• Patient no giving his free and informed consent orally