UnknownPhase 3

Pigtail Catheter Versus Chest Tube in the Management of Traumatic Pneumothorax

United States38 participantsStarted 2010-07

Plain-language summary

A small 14-French(F) pigtail catheter (PC) has been shown to work equally well with traditional 32-40F chest tube (CT), especially in traumatic pneumothorax. There are no clinical data on tube-site pain. The investigators hypothesize that PC tube site pain is less than CT.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 90 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years old and above * Suffer traumatic pneumothorax that requires chest tube insertion Exclusion Criteria: * Emergency chest tube insertion * patient refuses * patient is unable to provide or rate pain assessment * prisoner * pregnancy * patient with GCS less than 13

What they're measuring

Change in Tube-site pain, pain medication requirement

Timeframe: day 0, 1, 2

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01537289

SponsorUniversity of Arizona

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2012-06

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