CompletedNot Applicable

A Novel Technique to Remove Iatrogenic Pulmonary Parenchymal Chest Tube (PPcT): A Retrospective Analysis From a Tertiary Care Thoracic Surgery Centre

Pakistan163 participantsStarted 2024-05-01

Plain-language summary

Iatrogenic Pulmonary Parenchymal chest Tube (PPcT) placement is a recognized but underreported complication of tube thoracostomy, described both in the subcontinent and worldwide. This complication occurs when the chest tube inadvertently traverses the pleural cavity and penetrates the lung parenchyma. Patients with underlying lung pathology are at increased risk of having iatrogenic pulmonary parenchymal chest tube. In this study we describe the safe and minimally invasive technique to remove the PPcT without the need of video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) or thoracotomy.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * All Participants having PPcT diagnosed on radiological basis is included in this study. Exclusion Criteria: * Participnts having normally placed pleural chest tubes. Participants having chest tubes placed in fissures of the lung diagnosed on CT Scan of chest.

What they're measuring

Hemodynamic Instability

Timeframe: 24 hours

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07148661

SponsorUniversity of Health Sciences Lahore

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2025-04-30

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