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Thoracoscopic Exploration in Comparison to Exploratory Thoracotomy in Chest Trauma

40 participantsStarted 2023-12-30

Plain-language summary

Video-assisted thoracic surgery has a standard role in diagnosis and therapy in thoracic surgery, In the past, most patients necessitating surgical treatment secondary to chest trauma was exposed to open thoracotomy, which was the most morbid of surgical incisions

Who can participate

Age range13 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. patient aged more than 13 yards old
✓. Hemo-dynamically stable patients with chest trauma
✓. Willing and able to provide written informed consent and comply with study requirements.

Exclusion criteria

✕. patient aged less than 13 yards old.
✕. Hemo-dynamically instable patients
✕. Head trauma patients.
✕. missing informed consent
✕. Participation in another clinical research.

What they're measuring

Duration of airleak, lung expansion and post operative bleeding.

Timeframe: 2 weaks postoperative

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05991570

SponsorAssiut University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-12-30

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