Clinical Trials

Is the early removal of Foley catheter safe in patients undergoing general thoracic surgery with an epidural catheter in place?

The purpose of this study is to determine if open surgical resection is superior to thoracoscopic resection for thoracic event-free survival (tEFS) in patients with resectable oligometastatic pulmonary osteosarcoma.

Furthermore, to determine if open surgical resection is superior to thoracoscopy for event free survival (EFS), for overall survival (OS), and if thoracoscopy is superior to open surgical resection for postoperative pain interference in patients with resectable oligometastatic pulmonary osteosarcoma.

In this study we will study to see if a single set of unilateral intercostal nerve blocks provides pain control as effectively as a continuous thoracic epidural, and will a lower incidence of side effects. Although the anesthesiologists involved in providing care for patients having thoracotomy incisions at SMH are experts at placing thoracic epidural catheters, this study will attempt to show that a less technically challenging procedure done by surgeons intraoperatively can provide comparable pain relief.

This is a prospective, multi-center,single arm study that will evaluate the thoracotomy implant technique in up to 120 subjects implanted via thoracotomy with the HeartWare HVAD® System and enrolled in the Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS®) protocol and database. All participating centers will be current INTERMACS® sites in good standing and will follow the INTERMACS® protocol and procedures.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and ease of use of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) in patients who have had a video assisted thoracotomy surgery.