Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) versus Conventional Thoracotomy For management of empyema
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Respiratoryempyema thoracis, VATS
- Registration Number
- PACTR201703002137406
- Lead Sponsor
- Cardiothoracic surgery department - Faculty of Medicine - Menoufia University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 58
Inclusion Criteria
Patients diagnosed to have empyema and indicated for decortication operation
Exclusion Criteria
Inability to tolerate single lung ventilation.
Ventilator dependency.
contraindication for general anesthesia.
known previous pleurdesis.
Previous thoracoscopic surgery.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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