Follow up and results in patients with pus in the chest who have undergone open window procedure over the chest wall
Phase 2
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- patients having chronic empyema
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/04/013145
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Klein Dantis
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 75
Inclusion Criteria
1. Persistent chronic pyopneumothorax not resolving with medical management.
2.Patients on intercostal tube drainage for a period of more than six weeks.
3. Patients with persistent bronchopleural fistula for a period of more than six weeks.
4. Patients with fixed mediastinum.
5. Bilateral disease with one sided pyopneumothorax.
6. Patients who are judged to be not suitable for complete re-expansion of the lung with decortications.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Age less than 15 years and more than 65 years.
2. Bilateral pyopneumothorax.
3. Patient not giving consent.
4. Patient with associated co-morbidities HIV/diabetes mellitus/liver disease/renal disease/malignancy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method â?¢To define indications in chronic empyema where open window thoracostomy is the optimal treatment. <br/ ><br>â?¢To demonstrate the process of healing of empyema cavity and re-expansion of lung after open window thoracostomy. <br/ ><br>â?¢To define the situations where open window thoracostomy fails to achieve its objective. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 6months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To enumerate complications and problems with the procedure.Timepoint: 6months