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The objective of this study is to determine whether stapling adversely affects the pulmonary parenchyma and the vascularisation of the adjacent segments. The aim of our work is to explore by thoracic densitometry with contrast the spared segments after stapling of the intersegmental plan following a thoracoscopic segmentectomy, 3 or 6 months post-surgery. the investigator will assess venous drainage and the arterial vascularisation of the remaining segments, possible modifications of the adjacent parenchyma and whether there is a defect of pleuro-pulmonary adhesion (residual pneumothorax).


Clinical Trial Description

Scheduled anatomical segmentectomies are increasingly popular, due to the development of minimally invasive techniques, the increased incidence of early-stage tumours, and the possibility of caring for patients with compromised health and/or limited respiratory function without compromising the oncological outcome, compared to current alternatives such as stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (1).

One of the challenges in the development of the thoracoscopic segmentectomy technique we have published (2-5) is the orientation (6-7) and the division of the intersegmental plane, by contrast to segmentectomy by thoracotomy where this is helped by palpation and the manual traction which can be used on the segment, along the intersegmental vein. The most commonly used technique to separate two adjacent segments remains stapling, despite its high cost and sometimes giving a less anatomical section, with a risk to encroach on the intersegmental vein. Moreover, there can be a partial plicator of the spared segment(s) which could in theory make them less functional.

We have however shown that the postoperative morbidity and mortality rates were much lower than that of patients who had a thoracotomy, dropping from 42% for thoracotomies to 16% for thoracoscopies, the surgical approach being an independent predictive factor for postoperative complications (8). ;


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NCT number NCT03227380
Study type Interventional
Source Institut Mutualiste Montsouris
Contact Agathe SEGUIN-GIVELET, MD
Phone 0156616240
Email agathe.seguin-givelet@imm.fr
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date March 31, 2017
Completion date August 30, 2018

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