Comparison Between Electronic and Traditional Chest Drainage Systems

Inclusion Criteria: * Able and willing to read, understand and provide written informed consent * Patients undergoing thoracoscopic lobectomy * Age 18 - 80 years * Gender: both * Estimated life expectancy of at least 6 months. * Tumour considered potentially resectable by R0 surgery * Adequate respiratory function for surgery. * Must have signed and dated an informed consent form (ICF), before performance of any study-specific procedures or tests. Subjects must be fully informed about their illness and the investigational nature of the study protocol. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients requiring ICU care with mechanical ventilation * Patients needing reintervention during postoperative care * Patients requiring a thoracotomy * Tumour considered potentially resectable by incomplete surgical resection with microscopic residual disease (R1) or gross residual disease (R2). * Evidence of extra-thoracic disease. * Major thoracic surgical procedure before enrolment. * Any other significant co-morbid condition that, in opinion of the investigator, would impair study participation or cooperation.