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NCT ID: NCT04525365 Suspended - Clinical trials for Traumatic Hemothorax

Pleural Suction Additional to Thoracostomy Tube for Traumatic Hemothorax

Start date: March 17, 2020
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

The primary treatment for traumatic hemothorax, is a thoracostomy tube. Some of these patients develop a clotted hemothorax by insufficient drainage. This complication needs surgical resolution and can generate an empyema. One strategy to reduce this complication is pleural suction under sedation before the thoracostomy tube. The aim of the study is define if the procedure really lower the incidence of clotted hemothorax. The investigators design and open label, randomized, interventional study, comparing the realization of the pleural suction and thoracostomy tube alone