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Suturing With U-Technique Versus Un-Reapproximated Wound Edges During Removal of Closed Thoracostomy Tube Drain

NCT04193241 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 142

Last updated 2020-02-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study will be carried out by the principal investigator and his team at the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery of the Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and the University College Hospital, Ibadan (UCH), which is the Teaching Hospital of the Medical College.The study sets out to prospectively compare the early and long-term outcomes between the use of purse-string (suturing U-technique) and Un-reapproximated thoracostomy wound edges (Occlusive adhesive-absorbent dressing application) at the time of removal of thoracostomy tube drain in patients who have had chest tube insertion.

Conditions

  • Pleural Effusion
  • Pneumothorax
  • Chest Trauma
  • Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
  • Thoracotomy
  • Pleural Diseases
  • Chylothorax
  • Empyema
  • Pyothorax
  • Thoracic Diseases
  • Thoracic Injury

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Closure of chest tube wound

At the time of chest tube removal, the chest tube site or thoracostomy wound will be closed in such a way as to prevent an iatrogenic pneumothorax or contamination of the pleural space

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Shalina Healthcare

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • University of Ibadan

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lateef A Baiyewu, MD,FWACS · College of Medicine University of Ibadan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-02
Primary Completion
2020-12-31
Completion
2021-03-31

Countries

  • Nigeria

Study Locations

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