Why in Hospital After VATS Lobectomy

Rigshospitalet

Status: Completed

Conditions: Atrial Fibrillation; Infection; Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting; Pain, Postoperative; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; Air Leakage

Treatments: Other: Prolong in-hospital stay

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04294108

H-20014489

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to identify specific or potential reasons that prolong the length of hospital stay after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy.

The hypothesis is that patients who are still in hospital after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy are associated with prolonged air leak, infection, pneumonia, atrial fibrillation or other complications or social factors.

Enrollment: 160 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients referred to elective VATS lobectomy
• Speaks and understands Danish
• Informed consent obtained

Exclusion criteria

•Age < 18 years

Trial design

160 participants in 1 patient group

Patients underwent VATS lobectomy

Description:

All consecutive patients scheduled for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy.

Treatment:

Other: Prolong in-hospital stay