Polypropylene vs Polyglactin in Suturing of the Lung

Assiut University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Lung Injury; Lung Cancer; Bleb Lung

Treatments: Procedure: lung suturing with polyglactin; Procedure: ung suturing with polypropylene

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06115447

polyglactin lung suturing

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparative study comparing polypropylene and Polyglactin in suturing of the lung

Full description

Lung tear or, pulmonary laceration is an injury in lung parenchyma, said injury can be caused by several reasons:

Blunt chest trauma Penetrating trauma such as stab wounds or firearm wounds Iatrogenic, such as faulty intercostal tube insertion

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients admitted to Assiut University Hospital And will undergo surgery for lung tear repair.
• Patients admitted to Assiut University Hospital And will undergo surgery for bullectomy or lobectomy.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with lung injury repaired with a stapler

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Polyglactin group

Description:

lung suturing with polyglactin

Treatment:

Procedure: lung suturing with polyglactin

Polypropylene Arm

Description:

lung suturing with Polypropylene

Treatment:

Procedure: ung suturing with polypropylene