16F vs 24F Chest Drain After Minimally Invasive Lobectomy and/or Segmentectomy
Trial Parameters
Brief Summary
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.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Informed Consent signed by the patient (all sex and gender) * Patients' age from ≥ 18 to ≤ 80 at time of study inclusion * American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification I to III * Patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) deemed operable by minimally invasive surgical technique (UICC Stages 0-II according to Tumor Nodes Metastasis (TNM) Classification 8th edition and selected patients with UICC Stage IIIA) or pulmonary metastasis or pulmonary lesion resected by lobectomy and/or segmentectomy * Minimally invasive anatomical lung resections under general anaesthesia: lobectomy, lobectomy with wedge resection, lobectomy combined with segmentectomy, segmentectomy with wedge resection, bilobectomy Exclusion Criteria: * Previous thoracic surgery on the same side within 6 months * Lung cancer complicated with pleural empyema * Patients with chronic pain who receive opiates/gabapentin/pregabalin * Patients who consume opiate