NCT02147821

Necessity of Using Pleural Drainage Tubes After IMA Harvesting During Cardiac Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 162 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Calgary · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This prospective randomized controlled trial will examine the efficacy of reducing the number of chest tubes used in the postoperative cardiac surgery patient. Typically used are three chest tubes - two in the mediastinum and one in the pleural space, if opened. The investigators propose that removal of the pleural tube will not impact the rates of clinically significant pleural effusions post cardiac surgery. Patients will be randomized into two groups - one receiving the standard three chest tubes (standard), and the other receiving only mediastinal drains (experimental). The primary outcome will be rates of post-operative pleural effusions as determined by defined interventions, including insertion of a chest tube, thoracentesis, or return to the operating room for primary evacuation of pleural effusion or hemothorax. Secondary outcomes include length of hospital stay, length of mechanical ventilation, postoperative respiratory status, and presence/size of pleural effusions, as well as readmission for pleural effusion.

Conditions

• Pleural Effusions Post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	No Pleural Chest Tube

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-08-01
• Primary completion: 2017-11-01
• Completion: 2018-03-01
• First posted: 2014-05-28
• Last updated: 2018-05-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada