Urine Bag Usage Versus Chest Drain Clamping After Lung Resection Surgeries
Pneumothorax and Air Leak, Pneumothorax, Pleura Injury
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Pneumothorax and Air Leak
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- post lung resection patients (via Uniportal VATS only)
- Over the age of 18
- indicated chest tube
Exclusion Criteria:
- Under the age of 18
Sites / Locations
- Assiut University
- Tanta University
- European Institute of Oncology
- Makassed HospitalRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Clamping
Urine bag
This arm will undergo chest drain clamping after a certain criteria has been met. Four hours post clamping a chest x-ray will be made, and the presence of pneumothorax will be assessed. The chest drain will be removed only in the absence of pneumothorax, if pneumothorax persists patients will stay attached to the underwater seal
The second arm will be attached to a urine bag, and bag inflation will be measured after a certain criteria has been met. bag inflation will be assessed four hours after its attachment. Bag inflation indicates the persistence of an air leak, thus the absence of bag inflation indicates the removal of the chest drain