Silastic Versus Conventional Drain in Thoracic Surgery — SD-CD  

Air Leak From Lung Clinical Trial

Official title: Silastic Versus Conventional Drain for Postoperative Drainage in Thoracic Surgery.

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Clinical Trial Description

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. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Air Leak From Lung
• Post Procedural Persistent Drain Fluid

• NCT number: NCT03056716
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: T.C. Dumlupinar Üniversitesi
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 2009
• Completion date: December 2012