Cryobiopsy or Forceps Biopsy During Semirigid Thoracoscopy: a Comparative Study

PHASE2/PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

40

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

November 30, 2011

Primary Completion Date

November 30, 2014

Study Completion Date

November 30, 2014

Conditions
Pleural EffusionPleural Diseases
Interventions
DEVICE

cryobiopsy (Autoclavable cryoprobe 20416-032 (ERBE, Germany) Flexible FB-55CD-1 Olympus forceps

"The tip of the cryoprobe will be attached to suspicious part of parietal pleura and activated by footswitch for 3 seconds. The frozen tissue is going to be extracted by gently pulling of the probe. The probe with the attached biopsy sample is going to be removed together with the thoracoscope through trocar. The biopsy sample will be released from the probe by thawing in the saline.~Forceps biopsy will be performed on usual way."

Trial Locations (1)

4204

University Clinic Golnik, Golnik

All Listed Sponsors
lead

The University Clinic of Pulmonary and Allergic Diseases Golnik

OTHER

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