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| Name | Class |
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| Assiut University | OTHER |
| Tanta University | OTHER |
| European Institute of Oncology | OTHER |
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Investigators will compare two different approaches of postoperative drainage after the standard water-seal drain has been used efficiently; one is by using urine bag and check it get blown by the leaked air, two is by using clamping of the water seal drain. Investigators will compare them depending on several factors such as; cost effectiveness, hospital stay, duration of putting the drain and more, reinsertion of the chest tube and others.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Clamping | Experimental | This arm will undergo chest drain clamping after a certain criteria has been met. Four hours post clamping a chest x-ray will be made, and the presence of pneumothorax will be assessed. The chest drain will be removed only in the absence of pneumothorax, if pneumothorax persists patients will stay attached to the underwater seal |
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| Urine bag | Active Comparator | The second arm will be attached to a urine bag, and bag inflation will be measured after a certain criteria has been met. bag inflation will be assessed four hours after its attachment. Bag inflation indicates the persistence of an air leak, thus the absence of bag inflation indicates the removal of the chest drain |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Clamping | Other | Clamping of chest tube |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Overall cost | The overall cost of the patient's hospital stay | 5 to 6 days |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Number of participants with re-accumulation of air after chest tube clamping or attachment to the urine bag | An important side effect to be studied | up to 5 days |
| total number of days with chest drain inserted |
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Inclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Firas Abuakar, MD | Contact | 052220068 | +972 | firasabuakar@gmail.com |
| Rami Alaraj, MD candidate | Contact | 0598488897 | +970 | ra.alaraj@gmail.com |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Firas Abuakar, MD | Thoracic Surgery Unit, Makassed Islamic Charitable Society Hospital, Jerusalem, Palestine | Principal Investigator |
| Osama Darras, MD candidate | Medical Research Club, faculty of medicine, Alquds University, Jerusalem, Palestine |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Assiut University | Not yet recruiting | Asyut | Egypt |
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| ID | Term |
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| D011030 | Pneumothorax |
| D010996 | Pleural Effusion |
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| D010995 | Pleural Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
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| D003250 | Constriction |
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| D008919 | Investigative Techniques |
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| Other |
Attachment of a urine bag to chest tube |
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Number of days chest drain remained inserted
| up to 5 days |
| Number of chest x-rays | Total number of chest x-rays | up to 5 days |
| Number of participants that faced other intervention associated side effects | Subcutaneous emphysema, tension pneumothorax and others | up to 5 days |
| Number of participants with chest tube re-insertion | An important side effect | up to 5 days |
| Hadeel Abedalhameed, MD candidate | Medical Research Club, faculty of medicine, Alquds University, Jerusalem, Palestine | Study Chair |
| Rami Alaraj, MD candidate | Medical Research Club, faculty of medicine, Alquds University, Jerusalem, Palestine | Study Director |
| Rania Attiyeh, MD candidate | Medical Research Club, faculty of medicine, Alquds University, Jerusalem, Palestine | Study Chair |
| Tanta University | Not yet recruiting | Tanta | Egypt |
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| European Institute of Oncology | Not yet recruiting | Milan | Italy |
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| Makassed Hospital | Recruiting | East Jerusalem | Palestinian Territories |
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