Two Procedures for Uniportal Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery to Treat Severe Cases of Diaphragmatic Eventration in Adult

Zagazig University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diaphragmatic Eventration

Treatments: Procedure: running sutures; Procedure: stabled resection

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07035366

ZU-IRB # 738/15-oct-2024

Details and patient eligibility

About

highly elevated abnormal diaphragm is lowered to normal position by runuing suture accordion shaped or cut part of diphragm by stabler

Full description

high degree of eventration is corrected either stabled resection or running sutures

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients who presented with dyspnea or orthopnea with sever eventration

Exclusion criteria

• other causes of dyspnea or elevated hemidiaphragm

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

running sutures

Experimental group

Description:

diaphragmatic plication by running sutures

Treatment:

Procedure: running sutures

stabled resection

Experimental group

Description:

diaphragmatic plication by stabled resection

Treatment:

Procedure: stabled resection