Safety of Thoracoscopy in Patients With High Risk
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Pleural Diseases
- Sponsor
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University
- Enrollment
- 355
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Number of Participants with Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 13 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Medical thoracoscopy can be performed for diagnostic as well as therapeutic purposes. Thoracoscopy in the diagnosis of pleural diseases is highly sensitive for detecting pleural neoplasia with negative pleural fluid cytology and in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. The indication of thoracoscopy in patients with pleural effusion has been optimized. In some studies medical thoracoscopy has been claimed a useful diagnostic tool with a very low rate of complications. However the investigators do not know its safety on high risk patients. Because many patients having suspected malignancy have bed conditions due to other health problems such as coronary heart diseases, COPD, arrythmia, hypoxemia. In this study the investigators aimed to test the safety of medical thoracoscopy in the patients with high risk for complications.
Investigators
Muzaffer Metintas
MD
Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients with exudative pleural effusion
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients without pleural effusion
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Number of Participants with Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability
Time Frame: 6 years
All participants will have been followed for side effects of medical thoracoscopy. All side effects established in the special forms designed for this study. Side effects measured and recorded according to each characteristic such as pain, air leakege, pneumothorax, empyema, local infection, haemorragy etc.