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16F vs 24F Chest Drain After Minimally Invasive Lobectomy and/or Segmentectomy

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllUniversity Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

The aim of the study is to evaluate postoperative pain in patients receiving a small-bore (16F) chest drain compared to those receiving the standard large-bore (24F) chest drain after minimally invasive pulmonary lobectomy and/or segmentectomy.

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๐Ÿ“‹ Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Informed Consent signed by the patient (all sex and gender) * Patients' age from โ‰ฅ 18 to no age limit at time of study inclusion * American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification I to IV * Patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) deemed operable by minimally invasive surgical technique. * Minimally invasive anatomical lung resections under general anaesthesia: lobectomy, lobectomy with wedge resection, lobectomy combined with segmentectomy, segmentectomy with wedge resection, bilobectomy Exclusion Criteria: * Previous thoracic surgery on the same side within 3 months * Lung cancer complicated with pleural empyema * Patients with chronic pain who receive opioids/gabapentin/pregabalin * Patients who consume opiates/benzodiazepines * Congestive heart failure NYHA Class III or IV * Liver cirrhosis Child-Pugh Class B and C * Renal insufficiency requiring dialysis and/or estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \<30 mL/min/1.73 m2 * Patients with coagulopathy or bleeding disorders: von Willebrand disease, Hemophilia; Thrombocytopenia (\<50 G/l), requiring platelet transfusion * Patients with neuralgia * Chest pain (site of surgery) without taking painkillers, measured by VAS while coughing \> 10 mm * Not consolidated rib fractures (in the last 3 months) on the side of surgical procedure * Open anatomical lung resection, including pneumonectomy * Insertion of 2 or more chest tubes * Need for patient controlled intravenous anaesthesia or patient controlled epidural anaesthesia * Patients intubated/sedated (not suitable due to difficulties to fill out the pain survey)
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What it tests

  • 16 F chest tube
  • 24 F chest tube
  • Early removal
  • Standard removal
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Where

1 site
University Hospital Basel
Basel, Switzerland
๐Ÿค Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible โ€” always decide together with your own doctor.
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