Comparison of 16F Versus 24F Chest Drain After Minimally Invasive Pulmonary Lobectomy and/or Segmentectomy: a Monocentre Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
The aim of the study is to evaluate postoperative pain in patients receiving a small-bore (16F) chest drain compared to those receiving the standard large-bore (24F) chest drain after minimally invasive pulmonary lobectomy and/or segmentectomy.
• Informed Consent signed by the patient (all sex and gender)
• Patients' age from ≥ 18 to no age limit at time of study inclusion
• American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification I to IV
• Patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) deemed operable by minimally invasive surgical technique.
• Minimally invasive anatomical lung resections under general anaesthesia: lobectomy, lobectomy with wedge resection, lobectomy combined with segmentectomy, segmentectomy with wedge resection, bilobectomy