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Sonography After Thoracic Surgery (SATS)

NCT01152463 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2012-06-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of mortality from malignant diseases in both men and women worldwide. Following thoracic surgery and pulmonary resection, patients have a surgically induced pneumothorax / hydro-hemothorax and hence tube thoracostomy is necessary to drain the air and effusion. Due to this, patients must undergo post-operative chest x-ray (CXR) evaluations in order to evaluate the chest and make decisions regarding removal of chest tubes (CT) as well as for decisions regarding patient discharge. Thoracic Ultrasound (US) has been shown to be accurate at diagnosing pneumothorax and has been well-studied in the trauma population. To the investigators knowledge, there are currently no centers using thoracic US routinely in the post-operative setting following thoracic surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

thoracic ultrasound

daily thoracic ultrasound evaluation of the chest

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Canada Foundation for Innovation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal

    collaborator OTHER

  • Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Moishe Liberman, MD, PhD · Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-06-30
Primary Completion
2010-09-30
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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