Investigators will compare two different approaches of postoperative drainage after the standard water-seal drain has been used efficiently; one is by using urine bag and check it get blown by the leaked air, two is by using clamping of the water seal drain. Investigators will compare them depending on several factors such as; cost effectiveness, hospital stay, duration of putting the drain and more, reinsertion of the chest tube and others.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
160
Assiut University
Asyut, Egypt
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGTanta University
Tanta, Egypt
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGEuropean Institute of Oncology
Milan, Italy
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMakassed Hospital
East Jerusalem, Palestinian Territories
Overall cost
The overall cost of the patient's hospital stay
Time frame: 5 to 6 days
Number of participants with re-accumulation of air after chest tube clamping or attachment to the urine bag
An important side effect to be studied
Time frame: up to 5 days
total number of days with chest drain inserted
Number of days chest drain remained inserted
Time frame: up to 5 days
Number of chest x-rays
Total number of chest x-rays
Time frame: up to 5 days
Number of participants that faced other intervention associated side effects
Subcutaneous emphysema, tension pneumothorax and others
Time frame: up to 5 days
Number of participants with chest tube re-insertion
An important side effect
Time frame: up to 5 days
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