Pleaural adhesion pleura, adhesion, pleuritis, empyema
Conditions
Interventions
Undergoing dynamic-ventilation CT
Computed tomography, dynamic-ventilation CT, radiation exposure
Sponsors
Yamashiro Tsuneo
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients who are planned to receive a surgical operation by thoracic surgeons 2) Patients who will undergo preoperative chest CT 3) Adult patients (20 years-old or older)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients who are younger than 20 years-old, disagree for or withdraw informed consent. 2) Patients who cannot complete dynamic-ventilation CT. 3) Patients who have medical devices in the targeted pleural cavity. 4) Patients who have metallic devices that make severe artifacts on CT
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1 diagnostic accuracy of dynamic-ventilation CT under free breathing for detecting pleural adhesions, including comparisons and investigations with general chest CT 2 diagnostic accuracy of dynamic-ventilation CT under free breathing for detecting pleural adhesions/invasions by subpleural lung cancer, including comparisons and investigations with general chest CT | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1 assessment of radiation exposure by dynamic-ventilation CT 2 influence of various lung diseases on respiratory movement 3 diagnostic accuracy of pleural adhesions in patients with probable pleuritis 4 preverance of pleural adhesions and imaging findings 5 characteristics of the patients who cannot be diagnosed with pleural adhesions on dynamic-ventilation CT 6 relationships of the data from dynamic-ventilation CT with conventional pulmonary function tests | — |
Contacts
Public ContactTsuneo Yamashiro
Yokohama City University Hospital
Outcome results
None listed