Fast Track Rehabilitation Following Video-assisted Lung Segmentectomy

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01397045

Enrollment

120

Registered

2011-07-19

Start date

2011-07-31

Completion date

2014-03-31

Last updated

2014-03-28

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Conditions

Multiple Pulmonary Nodules

Keywords

Lung, Nodule, Rehabilitation, VATS, Thoracotomy

Brief summary

Aim of this prospective randomized study is to assess the safety and efficacy of video-assisted lung segmentectomy (Group B) comparing with mini muscle-sparing thoracotomy (group A) during diagnostic process for pulmonary nodules.

Interventions

OTHERVATS

Video-assisted lung segmentectomy

PROCEDUREMini thoracotomy

Mini muscle sparing thoracotomy for lung segmentectomy

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with undiagnosed multiple pulmonary nodules

Exclusion criteria

* Centrally located lesions * previous thoracotomy * extensive lung consolidation, and inability to achieve one lung ventilation

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Duration of hospital stay	Participants will be followed till home discharge, an average of 2 weeks

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
postoperative morbidity	Participants will be followed till home discharge, an average of 2 weeks

Countries

Greece

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026