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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01192217
Date of registration: 27/08/2010
Primary sponsor: AHEPA University Hospital
Public title: Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) Versus Axillary Mini-thoracotomy for the Treatment of Recurrent Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Scientific title: A Prospective Randomized Study of a Modified Two-port Thoracoscopic Technique Versus Axillary Minithoracotomy for the Treatment of Recurrent Spontaneous Pneumothorax.
Date of first enrolment: January 2006
Target sample size: 66
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01192217
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Greece
Contacts
Name:   Christos Papakonstantinou, Professor
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Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  AHEPA University Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- ipsilateral recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax

- first episode of contralateral pneumothorax

Exclusion Criteria:

- None



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pneumothorax
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Axillary mini-thoracotomy
Procedure: Modified thoracoscopic technique
Primary Outcome(s)
Patient satisfaction with treatment [Time Frame: No]
pneumothorax recurrence rate [Time Frame: No]
Postoperative complication rate [Time Frame: No]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Duration of chest tube drainage [Time Frame: No]
Duration of one-lung ventilation [Time Frame: No]
Incidence of chronic pain [Time Frame: No]
Length of postoperative hospital stay [Time Frame: No]
Total operative time [Time Frame: No]
Secondary ID(s)
AHEPACTS-01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
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