VATs decortication

PROCEDURE3 trials

Sponsors

Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Assiut University

Conditions

CoagulopathyEmpyemaEmpyema, PleuralParapneumonic EffusionParapneumonic Effussion

Phase 2

Thoracoscopy Versus Fibrinolysis in Children With Empyema

CompletedNCT00323531

Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas CityEmpyema

Start: 2006-03-31End: 2007-10-31Updated: 2008-05-09

Unknown Phase

Treatment of Complicated Parapneumonic Effusion With Fibrinolytic Therapy Versus VATs Decortication

CompletedNCT03583931

Denver Health and Hospital AuthorityCoagulopathy, Empyema, Pleural, Parapneumonic Effusion

Start: 2018-07-26End: 2020-02-02Updated: 2022-01-27

Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) Has Revolutionised Management of Complicated PPE, Our Study to Determine VATS Decortication Technique is Needed, Compared to VATS Debridement in PPE, Also RAPID Score and Pleural US Parameters Can Predict Which VATS Procedure is Needed.

Not yet recruitingNCT07188714

Assiut UniversityParapneumonic Effussion

Start: 2025-10-25End: 2028-02-10Target: 95Updated: 2025-09-23

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