Chest tube wound closure: purse string method vs plug method
Part of Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study compares two ways of closing the skin where a chest tube was removed after a chest injury. It looks at whether one method (the 'purse string' stitch) leads to better healing than the other (the 'plug' method).
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- You had a chest tube placed because of an injury, such as a collapsed lung (pneumothorax), blood in the chest (hemothorax), or both.
- You have not had surgery on the same side of your chest before.
- You do not have a bleeding disorder.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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