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Lung Ultrasound as Alternative to Radiography in Thoracic Surgery

NCT06261411 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 140

Last updated 2025-04-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This projects aim is to study the effects of substitute conventional chest x-ray with lung ultrasound for patients undergoing thoracic surgery.

Participants in the study will be randomized to either ultrasound or routine chest x-ray as the primary method of diagnosis after having received surgery to their lungs.

Conditions

  • Thoracic Surgery
  • Ultrasonography

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Lung Ultrasound

Diagnostic ultrasound of pulmonary tissues such as pleura, plural spaces, and parenchyma.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Uppsala University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Laila Hellgren-Johansson, PhD · Region Uppsala

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-02-12
Primary Completion
2025-04-30
Completion
2025-04-30

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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