Using patient reports to time chest tube removal after lung surgery
Part of Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This trial tests whether asking patients about their pain and breathing after lung surgery helps doctors decide the best time to remove the chest tube. If you are having a specific type of lung surgery (VATS lobectomy or segmentectomy), you may qualify.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You must be 18 or older.
- You must be scheduled for a planned lung surgery (VATS lobectomy or segmentectomy) that uses small cuts instead of a large chest opening.
- Your lung function must be good enough based on breathing tests—specifically, FEV1 must be at least 50% of predicted normal and 1.5 liters, and DLCO at least 50% of normal.
- You cannot have received a pleurodesis (a procedure that sticks your lung to your chest wall) during surgery.
- If your surgery is switched to a larger chest opening (thoracotomy), you cannot take part.
- You must be able to manage your own daily activities without help due to memory or thinking problems.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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