Early Postoperative Day 0 Chest Tube Removal After Thoracoscopic Minor Surgeries

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Conditions studied: Lung Pathologies of Unclear Etiology

In brief

The safe conditions for early chest tube removal have been progressively questioned and redefined around reliable digital air flow criteria and extension of liquid threshold accepted. Nevertheless, in current practice, the chest tube remains in restricting early mobilization and optimal compliance with ERAS programme, during the first crucial 24 h after surgery. Thus, to go further, the investigators decide to assess in this study the safety of POD 0 chest tube removal after minor thoracic operations in patients in health condition tolerating operation and anesthesia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04670523

Run by

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

People needed

304

Starts

2023-01-06

Expected to finish

2027-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 99. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Thoracoscopic extra-anatomical lung resection (surgical lung biopsy)
• Thoracoscopic pleural biopsy
• Signed consent
• Age of majority

You may not qualify if…

• Anatomical resection
• Empyema
• Pleural effusion
• Pleurodesis
• Vulnerable persons (Pregnant women, Children and adolescents)

Where it is running

• University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital — Bern, Switzerland (enrolling)

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