Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01192217
Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) Versus Axillary Mini-thoracotomy for the Treatment of Recurrent Spontaneous Pneumothorax
A Prospective Randomized Study of a Modified Two-port Thoracoscopic Technique Versus Axillary Minithoracotomy for the Treatment of Recurrent Spontaneous Pneumothorax.
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 66 (actual)
- Sponsor
- AHEPA University Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The investigators conducted a prospective randomized study to compare axillary minithoracotomy versus a modified two-port thoracoscopic technique for surgical pleurodesis in patients with recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax operated in a single institution. The main objective of the study was to investigate possible differences regarding short- and long-term clinical outcome between the two different techniques.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Modified thoracoscopic technique | Two-port thoracoscopic technique |
| PROCEDURE | Axillary mini-thoracotomy | Axillary mini-thoracotomy |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2006-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2009-02-01
- Completion
- 2009-02-01
- First posted
- 2010-09-01
- Last updated
- 2010-09-01
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Greece
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01192217. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.