Fibrinolysis Compared to Thoracoscopy for Pleural Infection

Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2017
The purpose of this prospective randomized clinical trial is to compare two currently accepted standard-of-care treatment strategies: Medical thoracoscopy as compared to instillation of intrapleural tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA) and human recombinant Deoxyribonuclease (DNase) for the management of empyema or complex parapneumonic effusion (CPPE) in adults.
Epistemonikos ID: bd78152b71cbd7b889942c102d32cd73131bae87
First added on: May 20, 2024