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Obesity Alters Lung Mechanics in Robotic Surgery

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04329910

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Official title

Dynamic Surgical Conditions and Body Habitus Independently Impair Pulmonary Mechanics During Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Study

Brief summary

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Intraoperative lung protective ventilation strategies using standardized tidal volumes based on predicted body weight have proven beneficial, but attempts to standardize positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) settings have not robustly accounted for body habitus or dynamic surgical conditions. Laparoscopic abdominal surgery in Trendelenburg (head-down) is an increasingly common surgical modality that presents a unique physiological challenge to the pulmonary system. In order to delineate the impact of body habitus, pneumoperitoneum, and surgical positioning on intraoperative pulmonary mechanics we conducted an observational study of patients undergoing robotic assisted laparoscopic abdominal surgery in Trendelenburg position. Using esophageal manometry, we partitioned the mechanical properties of the respiratory system into its lung and chest wall components and evaluated the effects of pneumoperitoneum, surgical position, and body mass index (BMI) on transpulmonary pressures, airway and transpulmonary driving pressures, and lung elastance. We hypothesized that increasing BMI would be associated with evidence of increasing atelectasis, increased driving pressures, and elevated lung elastance and that these changes would be exacerbated by pneumoperitoneum and Trendelenburg positioning.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT04329910
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Observational
Phase
Not listed
Enrollment
99 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Other

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Nov 21, 2017
Primary completion
Jul 11, 2019
Completion
Jul 11, 2019
Last update posted
Mar 31, 2020

2017 – 2019

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Vemont Medical Center Burlington Vermont 05401

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