Most Preventable surgical option to reduce primary spontaneous pneumothorax patients postoperative recurrence: A prospective cohort study

Most Preventable surgical option to reduce primary spontaneous pneumothorax patients postoperative recurrence: A prospective cohort study - PATCH Study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000040886

Enrollment

450

Registered

2020-07-01

Start date

2020-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1)Patients who have spontaneous pneumotho rax diagnosed by radiography and plan to und erwent initial VATS bullectomy. 2)Patients who receive informed consent to at tend this study, and the agreements are provi ded in a document. The consent of parents are also required, in ca se patients are under 20-years old.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1)History of ipsilateral chest surgery. 2)Patients who only underwent exploratory surgery. 3)Patients who are judged ineligible by the in vestigator and the attending surgeon.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Rate of ipsilateral pneumothorax recurrence detected by radiography at two years after surgery	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Complication rates, surgical duration, blood loss, reoperation rate for recurrent pneumothorax	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactYuka Kadomatsu

Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicin e Department of Thoracic Surgery

ykadomatsu@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp052-744-2375

Outcome results