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Comparison of Lung Expansion After Uniportal and Multiportal Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Stage II Post Pneumonic Bacterial Empyema Thoracis

NCT07137507 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2025-08-22

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Summary

It was a parallel-armed randomized control study in which 160 participants admitted to the Thoracic Surgery Department, Services Hospital, Lahore were included. The participants were divided into two equal groups (80 in each group). Uniportal Group participants underwent uniportal video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), while multiportal Group participants were treated with multiportal video assisted thoracic surgery(VATS). Simple consecutive sampling was carried out. Expansion of lung was evaluated postoperatively at the 1st, 3rd, 7th and 15th postoperative day by chest radiograph after uniportal and multiportal VATS.

Conditions

  • Empyema, Pleural
  • Thoracic Empyema

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Uniportal VATS

Decortication of pleural empyema is done using single-port VATS

PROCEDURE

Multi-portal VATS

Decortication of pleural empyema is done using two or more ports with VATS

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Health Sciences Lahore

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Muhammad Shoaib Nabi · SIMS, Services Hospital, Lahore

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
73 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-04-01
Primary Completion
2025-03-31
Completion
2025-05-31

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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