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Brief title
Health condition
Pneumothorax
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Duration between surgical intervention and ultrasonographic pleurodesis.
Secondary outcome
Feasibility of daily bedside ultrasonography
Background summary
A variety of treatments are performed for recurrent pneumothorax e.g. surgical pleurectomy, pleural abrasion, or talc poudrage. Afterwards, prolonged chest tube drainage is performed to allow for pleural adhesions to form. It is not clear, however, when these adhesions form, nor when chest tubes are best removed. This study will investigate the duration of pleurodesis to occur when observed by ultrasonographic imaging of pleural movement after surgical intervention. These findings may help future research in chest tube management.
Study objective
See summary.
Study design
Inclusion till proposed number of subjects is reached
Intervention
Ultrasonographic follow up after pleurodesis
Inclusion criteria
Subjects aged 18 years or older, undergoing surgical pleurodesis after pneumothorax by means of pleurectomy, pleural abrasion, or talc poudrage.
Exclusion criteria
- Pneumonia
- Pleural empyema
- Previous pleurodesis, either chemical or surgical, of the ipsilateral hemi-thorax.
- BMI >35
- Persistent (partial) pneumothorax after surgery (as evaluated with standard post-operative imaging)
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL8364 |
| Other | METC Zwolle : 200127 |