70
Participants
Start Date
December 10, 2024
Primary Completion Date
August 10, 2029
Study Completion Date
October 10, 2029
Group 1 (mechanical pleurodesis)
pleural abrasions will be done by scrubbing the parietal and visceral pleura until a uniform aspect of bloody pleura by a piece of gauze attached to the end of a holding forceps , intercostal tube will then placed and monitoring of lung expansion will be done through serial CXR and chest ultrasound follow up and when the lung is fully expanded the tube will be clamped for two hours and follow up CXR will be done for follow up and then the tube removed
Group 2 chemical pleurodesis by bleomycin)
Those Patients will have indwelling pleural catheter through which pleural fluid will be drained until dryness and then pleurodesis will be done by 60 mg bleomycin dissolved in 50 ml 0.9% saline and 10 ml 2% xylocaine solution then the catheter will be clamped for 6 hours
Assiut University Faculty of Medicine, Asyut
Assiut University
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