Trial reportJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2023
Outcomes of early fiberoptic bronchoscopic sputum aspiration and lavage after thoracoscopic and laparoscopic esophageal cancer surgery: a randomized clinical trial.
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- Efficacy of Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Ropivacaine for Intercostal Nerve Block in Elderly Patients Undergoing Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy: A randomized Double-Blinded Trial.Journal of pain research · 2025Trial
- Clinical factors associated with rescue bronchoscopic sputum suction after minimally invasive esophagectomy: A single-center retrospective study.Surgery today · 2026Article
- Role of early bedside bronchoscopy-assisted sputum aspiration in the treatment of pneumonia in stroke patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Study on the learning curve for thoracoscopic and laparoscopic radical resection of esophageal cancer.BMC surgery · 2025Article
- The feasibility and effectiveness of one-puncture of rectus sheath block combined with transverse abdominis plane block in patients undergoing thoracoscopic-laparoscopic radical esophagectomy: a prospective randomized controlled study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Prophylactic fiberoptic bronchoscopy after sleeve lobectomy can reduce the incidence of postoperative pneumonia: a propensity score matching study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Article
- Suprahilar and Retrocrural Domains in RPLND for NSGCT Testis-Going Beyond Where the Light Touches!Indian journal of surgical oncology · 2024Article
- A Comparison of Systematic, Targeted, and Combined Biopsy Using Machine Learning for Prediction of Prostate Cancer Risk: A Multi-Center Study.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aims to investigate the outcomes of patients who received early fiberoptic bronchoscopic sputum aspiration and lavage after thoracoscopic and laparoscopic esophagectomy due to esophageal cancer.
methodsA prospective randomized clinical trial was performed between March 2020 and June 2022. Patients who were scheduled for thoracoscopic and laparoscopic esophagectomy due to esophageal cancer were enrolled. Then, these patients were assigned to the control group (traditional postoperative care) and study group (traditional postoperative care with early bronchoscopic sputum aspiration and lavage). The outcomes, which included the length of hospital stay and medical expenses, and postoperative complications, which included pulmonary infection, atelectasis, respiratory dysfunction and anastomotic leakage, were compared between these two groups.
resultsA total of 106 patients were enrolled for the present study, and 53 patients were assigned for the control and study groups. There were no statistically significant differences in gender, age, and location of the esophageal cancer between the two groups. Furthermore, the length of hospital stay was statistically significantly shorter and the medical expenses were lower during hospitalization in the study group, when compared to the control group (12.3 ± 1.2 vs. 18.8 ± 1.3 days, 5.5 ± 0.9 vs. 7.2 ± 1.2 Chinese Yuan, respectively; all, P < 0.05). Moreover, there were statistically significantly fewer incidences of overall complications in study group, when compared to the control group (20.7% vs.45.2%, P < 0.05).
conclusionsFor patients with esophageal cancer, early fiberoptic bronchoscopic sputum aspiration and lavage after thoracoscopic and laparoscopic esophagectomy can shorten the length of hospital stay, and lower the medical expense and incidence of postoperative complications.
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