Why in Hospital After VATS Lobectomy

Sponsor

Rigshospitalet, Denmark (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT04294108

Collaborator

(none)

160

Enrollment

Location

Actual Duration (Months)

9.4

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The study aims to identify specific or potential reasons that prolong the length of hospital stay after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy.

The hypothesis is that patients who are still in hospital after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy are associated with prolonged air leak, infection, pneumonia, atrial fibrillation or other complications or social factors.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung Pain, Postoperative Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Infection Air Leakage Atrial Fibrillation	Other: Prolong in-hospital stay

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Actual Enrollment :

160 participants

Observational Model:

Cohort

Time Perspective:

Prospective

Official Title:

Why Are Patients Still in Hospital After Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Lobectomy?

Actual Study Start Date :

Apr 20, 2020

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Dec 18, 2020

Actual Study Completion Date :

Sep 18, 2021

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Patients underwent VATS lobectomy All consecutive patients scheduled for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy.	Other: Prolong in-hospital stay Patients have a longer length of hospital stay than the common recommendation.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Patients underwent VATS lobectomy

All consecutive patients scheduled for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy.

Other: Prolong in-hospital stay

Patients have a longer length of hospital stay than the common recommendation.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Length of postoperative hospital stay [Through study completion, an average of 2 days]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Number and frequency of postoperative complications [Up to 30 days]
Numeric rating scale for postoperative pain in hospitalization [Through study completion, an average of 2 days]
Patients are scored using a numeric rating scale ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (excruciating pain) per day.
Drainage duration [Duration from postoperative chest tube placement to potential removal, an average of 2 days]
The criteria of drain removal is that air leak was consistently below 20 ml/min for at least 12 hours and fluid production was non-bloody and non-chylous without an upper volume limit.