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Video-assisted thoracoskopic wedge resection of the lung without chest tube placement; a prospective randomized study

Video-assisted thoracoskopic wedge resection of the lung without chest tube placement; a prospective randomized study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00008194
Enrollment
74
Registered
2015-05-26
Start date
2016-06-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

J84.9 R91

Interventions

Group 1: video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with wedge resection from the Lung without placement a chest tube at the End the operation Group 2: video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with wedge resect

Sponsors

SRH-Waldklinikum Gera
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
17 Years to 85 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: all VATS-operations with wedge-resection from the lungs

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: pulmonary nodule bigger than 3 cm, The nodule-location in the lung deeper than its diameter below the visceral pleura, more than 2 wedge-resections, interoperative conversion of thoracotomy, vats-lobectomy, lung volume reduction operations, bullectomy, peroperative pleural effusion, preoperative pneuthorax, pleural empyema, pleurodesis, intraoperativ visceral pleura injury,intraoperativ air fistula( under water-test), postoperative air leak more than 100ml/h under suction from minus 20 cm water head, thorax trauma

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Duration of postoperative hospital stay

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
postoperative pain, postoperative pneumothorax, postoperative pleural effusion, postoperative chest tubes lay. We will measure the postoperativ Pain with the visual Pain-scala, How much we need to give (Novamin, Dididolor), The duration of the Drainage. How much we need to lay a new Drainage. at the 7 Day after the Operation ambulant Rö-Thorax.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactThomas Lesser

SRH-Waldklinikum Gera

andrea.below@wkg.srh.de0365 8280

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 3, 2026