Lung surgery remains a high-risk procedure, with serious adverse events that can occur later, including postoperative bleeding or hemothorax, pneumopathy or surgical site infection but also ... per- and post-operative air leaks. Majority the air leaks resolve spontaneously within 48 hours but certain cases persist within several days which known as prolonged air leaks, or PAL. Several safe and effective sealing agents are used to contain and or reduce the intensity and incidence of postoperative air leaks, and the time required for drain removal. This protocol assesses the effectiveness of an innovative gelatin-based medical device named TenaTac® (Selentus Science, UK) in preventing air leak after major lung resection.
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To compare the effectiveness of the TenaTac® patch on the duration of thoracic drainage for each patient (regardless of their degree of emphysema) compared to sealing devices routinely used by thoracic surgeons for the same indication
Timeframe: 4 weeks