Pigtail Catheter Versus Chest Tube in the Management of Traumatic Pneumothorax

University of Arizona38 enrolled

Overview

A small 14-French(F) pigtail catheter (PC) has been shown to work equally well with traditional 32-40F chest tube (CT), especially in traumatic pneumothorax. There are no clinical data on tube-site pain. The investigators hypothesize that PC tube site pain is less than CT.

Primary outcome: - Tube site pain * Pain medication requirement Secondary outcome: failure rate insertion-related complication

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Traumatic Pneumothorax

Interventions

Pigtail catheter insertion (Cook)DEVICE

insertion of pigtail catheter to decompress pneumothorax

chest tube (28-French)DEVICE

inserting chest tube to decompress pneumothorax

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 90 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years old and above * Suffer traumatic pneumothorax that requires chest tube insertion Exclusion Criteria: * Emergency chest tube insertion * patient refuses * patient is unable to provide or rate pain assessment * prisoner * pregnancy * patient with GCS less than 13

Locations (1)

University of Ariznoa Medican Center, Main campus

Tucson, Arizona, United States

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in Tube-site pain, pain medication requirement

Time frame: day 0, 1, 2

Secondary Outcomes

failure rate

Time frame: patients will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 2 weeks

Insertion-related complication

Time frame: day 0

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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