Type of Study:

Observational

Study Design:

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Prospective

Outcome Measure:

Number of Participants with Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability

Outcome Description:

All participants will have been followed for side effects of medical thoracoscopy. All side effects established in the special forms designed for this study. Side effects measured and recorded according to each characteristic such as pain, air leakege, pneumothorax, empyema, local infection, haemorragy etc.

Outcome Time Frame:

6 years

Safety Issue:

Yes

Principal Investigator

Muzaffer Metintas, Professor

Investigator Role:

Principal Investigator

Investigator Affiliation:

Head of Department, Professor of pulmonary medicine

Authority:

Turkey: Ministry of Health

Study ID:

082010/1

NCT ID:

NCT01193439

Start Date:

January 2002

Completion Date:

December 2010

Related Keywords:

• Pleural Diseases
• thoracoscopy
• pleural diseases
• complications
• safety
• Pleural Diseases

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