Impact of modernized chest tube management after anatomic lung resection on Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)

Impact of modernized chest tube management after anatomic lung resection on Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) - ERAS

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00029680

Enrollment

200

Registered

2022-12-15

Start date

2022-12-08

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

C34

Interventions

Group 1: Retrospective comparison of the postoperative course of patients whose chest drain was removed at a cutoff of <200ml/24h with that of patients whose drain was removed at a cutoff <500ml/24h.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. anatomical lung resection for primary or secondary lung malignancy 2. treatment of 1) at the Department for Thoracic Surgery at the Medical Center-University of Freiburg between January 2021 and December 2022

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Extended resection (Including chest wall, vascular or bronchial sleeve, intrapericardial resection, resection of adjacent organs) 2. Previous ipsilateral lung resection 3. Unplanned conversion 4. Pneumonectomy 5. Salvage surgery after definitive radiation 6. Non-anatomic resections

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
duration of indwelling chest tube	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
postoperative morbidity, need for postoperative intervention, postoperative pain, length of hospital stay, duration of IMC, need for pain medication, readmission rate, postoperative mortality	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactSeverin Schmid

Universitätsklinikum FreiburgKlinik für Thoraxchirurgie

severin.schmid@uniklinik-freiburg.de+49 761 27090700

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026