head and neck cancer lung cancer
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Universitair Medisch Centrum Sint Radboud
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: -Patients fit for surgery and scheduled for diagnostic or therapeutic surgical procedure under general anesthesia by the cardiothoracic or thoracic surgeon or ENT surgeon with suspected or proven lung cancer or ENT malignancy. -ASA physical status 1-3. -Age 18 years or older.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Contraindications are all known contraindications for diagnostic bronchoscopy such as: - bleeding disorders, - indication for use of anticoagulant therapy (acenocoumarol, warfarine, therapeutic dose of low molecular weight heparines or clopidrogel), - known allergy for lidocaine, - known pulmonary hypertension, - recent and/or uncontrolled cardiac disease. Presence of contraindications for the use of laryngeal mask (anatomical abnormalities) increased risk for intubation (malampatti score 4), ASA classification greater than or equal to 4.
Design outcomes
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| when differences are established between the different bronchcopy modes a power analysis may be performed to determine the feasibility of a prospectively designed study to investigate the diagnostic performance. | — |
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Decriptive study of diagnostic performance of HD-bronchoscopy using different imaging techniques in comparison to standard white light bronchoscopy and autofluorescence bronchoscopy in determining epithelial changes, changes in vascularity and tumour margins. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed