Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) Versus Axillary Mini-thoracotomy for the Treatment of Recurrent Spontaneous Pneumothorax

AHEPA University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pneumothorax

Treatments: Procedure: Modified thoracoscopic technique; Procedure: Axillary mini-thoracotomy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01192217

AHEPACTS-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators conducted a prospective randomized study to compare axillary minithoracotomy versus a modified two-port thoracoscopic technique for surgical pleurodesis in patients with recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax operated in a single institution.

The main objective of the study was to investigate possible differences regarding short- and long-term clinical outcome between the two different techniques.

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ipsilateral recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax
• first episode of contralateral pneumothorax

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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66 participants in 2 patient groups

VATS group

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Modified thoracoscopic technique

Mini-thoracotomy group

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Axillary mini-thoracotomy