Silastic Versus Conventional Drain in Thoracic Surgery

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

118 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-06-30

Study Completion Date

2012-12-31

Brief Summary

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In thoracic surgery, it is usual to place apical and basal drains for complete drainage of air and fluid out of the pleural cavity. The routinely used drains are mainly made of plastic. Recently silastic drains of smaller size are used without any complication. The investigators designed a prospective randomized trial to compare the draining properties of the two types of drains following various resections in thoracic surgery.

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Detailed Description

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Following the Institutional Review Board permission (permission no: 2009/27) the investigators started to recruit patients for the study in June 2009. Pneumonectomy, decortication, and diaphragm plication patients were not included in this study. The patients were consecutively placed in one of the two groups. In Group I, an apical 28FR size CD, and a basal 19FR SD were placed following surgery. In Group II, the apical drain was 28FR, and the basal drain was 32FR CDs. Basal drains were removed out when daily serous fluid drainage became 200 ml or less, and the apical were removed 48-72 hours following the cessation of air leak. The patients were discharged on the day after drain removal. The data concerning gender, age, diagnosis, operation side, type of operation, amount of fluid drainage, duration of fluid and air drainage, length of hospital stay, and complications if any, were noted.

Conditions

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Air Leak From Lung Post Procedural Persistent Drain Fluid

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Silastic drain

Placement of 19FR silastic drain as basal drain

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Silastic vs conventional drain in thoracic surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Apical drains will be identical in size and material, and the basal drains will be different in groups. The patients will be followed for daily amounts of fluid drainage, duration of air leaks and fluid drainage, and duration of hospitalization, and the results will be compared statistically to asses any possible relationships with the outcome and the type of basal drain used.

Conventional drain

Placement of 32FR conventional drain as basal drain

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Silastic vs conventional drain in thoracic surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Apical drains will be identical in size and material, and the basal drains will be different in groups. The patients will be followed for daily amounts of fluid drainage, duration of air leaks and fluid drainage, and duration of hospitalization, and the results will be compared statistically to asses any possible relationships with the outcome and the type of basal drain used.

Interventions

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Silastic vs conventional drain in thoracic surgery

Apical drains will be identical in size and material, and the basal drains will be different in groups. The patients will be followed for daily amounts of fluid drainage, duration of air leaks and fluid drainage, and duration of hospitalization, and the results will be compared statistically to asses any possible relationships with the outcome and the type of basal drain used.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE