50
Participants
Start Date
January 31, 2015
Primary Completion Date
July 31, 2018
Study Completion Date
July 31, 2018
Cryoprobe pleural biopsy first
Four pleural biopsy specimens will be obtained using the flexible cryoprobe (ERBOCRYOCA, ERBE, Tubingen, Germany; outer diameter 1.9 mm, length 900 mm) followed by 6-10 pleural biopsy specimens obtained using the flexible thoracoscopic forceps (FB-55CR, Olympus Medical Systems, 2 mm diameter).
Flexible forceps biopsy first
Six to ten pleural biopsy specimens will be obtained using the flexible thoracoscopic forceps (FB-55CR, Olympus Medical Systems, 2 mm diameter) followed by four pleural biopsy specimens obtained using the flexible cryoprobe (ERBOCRYOCA, ERBE, Tubingen, Germany; outer diameter 1.9 mm, length 900 mm)
PGIMER, Chandigarh
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
OTHER