The Impacts of Intermittent Chest Tube Clamping on Chest Tube Drainage Duration and Postoperative Hospital Stay After Lung Cancer Surgery
Management of Lung Cancer Patients
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Management of Lung Cancer Patients focused on measuring lung cancer, surgery, chest tube clamping, duration of chest tube drainage, postoperative stay
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Pathological diagnosis of lung cancer Treated with lobectomy and systematic mediastinal lymph node dissection/ systematic sampling Managed with gravity drainage (water seal only, without suction) Re-expansion of the lung confirmed on the morning of the first postoperative day
Exclusion Criteria:
Thoracic cavity infection Prolonged air leakage Reoperation due to chylothorax Atelectasis Liver cirrhosis Renal insufficiency Wound infection
Sites / Locations
- Beijing Cancer Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
clamping group
control group
Clamping group are managed with clamping protocol after 3pm on the postoperative day as follow: the chest tube will be clamped, and the nurses will check the patient every 6 h. If the patient has no problems with compliance, the clamp will be removed for half an hour in the morning to record the drainage volume every 24 h.
Patients in control group are managed with gravity drainage (water seal only, without suction) all the time after operation.