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Predictive Value of Intraoperative Ventilatory Leak Flow in Prolonged Alveolar Air Leak After Lung Resection Surgery

NCT03742739 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2021-10-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

After lung resection surgery, patients usually receive a postoperative pleural drain. Prolongated alveolar air leak (PAAL) is a frequent complication after lung surgery (6 to 26% of patients), defined by the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) as a duration of drainage greater than or equal to five days. PAAL is most often due to prolongated bubbling of the drain. Prolonged drainage is a leading cause of prolongated hospital stay, increasing care costs.

The risk of prolongated drainage can not be predicted with sufficient accuracy. Existing risk scores for PAAL do not take into account the intraoperative ventilatory leakage (IVL). IVL is a parameter displayed on the ventilator (anaesthetic machine that make the patient breathing during surgical procedure). There is new evidences suggesting that IVL could predict the risk of PAAL after lung resection surgery, but these data have to be supplemented by a well conducted prospective study.

Conditions

  • Pronlongated Alveolar Air Leak (PAAL)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Montpellier

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Pierre SENTENAC, Dr · University Hospital, Montpellier

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-29
Primary Completion
2021-03-01
Completion
2021-08-01

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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