Status:
UNKNOWN
Thoracoscopic Pleural Lavage and Brushing in Undiagnosed Pleural Effusion
Lead Sponsor:
Assiut University
Conditions:
Disorder of Pleura and Pleural Cavity
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
1\. To evaluate the diagnostic yield and safety of thoracoscopic pleural lavage and pleural brushing in cases of undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion.
Detailed Description
The diagnosis of etiology of pleural effusions remains a challenging issue even after diagnostic thoracocentesis and closed pleural biopsy in significant number of cases. In order to get a pleural bio...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients will have documented exudative pleural effusion in whom the initial pleural tapping and closed pleural biopsy (CPB) will not be conclusive
- strong clinical and radiological data suggestive for alternative pathological diagnosis
- who will be admitted to our department
Exclusion
- Patients with excess rib crowding with narrow inter-costal space and loculated pleural effusion cannot undergo thoracoscopy
- Patients with bleeding diathesis
- hemodynamic instability
- Arrhythmias
- intractable cough cannot be eligible to do thoracoscopy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2023
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
October 1 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06066398
Start Date
October 1 2023
End Date
October 1 2025
Last Update
October 4 2023
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