Outpatient Chest Tube Management Following Thoracic Resection Improves Patient Length of Stay and Satisfaction Without Compromising Outcomes

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Lung Cancer, Pneumothorax, Subcutaneous Emphysema

In brief

Discharging patients home with air leak and chest tube to portable drainage device after thoracic resection is cost effective and safe without compromising patients outcome or satisfaction. Despite good outcomes this practice is not done universally by thoracic surgeons.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01551082

Run by

Alliance of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons

People needed

12

Starts

2012-03-01

Expected to finish

2014-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-12-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 89. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• all patients 18-89,
• all genders,
• all patients undergoing thoracic resection,
• all patients discharged with chest tube

You may not qualify if…

• minors,
• all patients > 90 years old,
• all mentally challenged,
• all non-English speaking patients

Where it is running

• Memorial Hospital — Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

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