# Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) Has Revolutionised Management of Complicated PPE, Our Study to Determine VATS Decortication Technique is Needed, Compared to VATS Debridement in PPE, Also RAPID Score and Pleural US Parameters Can Predict Which VATS Procedure is Needed.

> **NCT07188714** · NA · NOT_YET_RECRUITING · sponsor: **Assiut University** · enrollment: 95 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Parapneumonic Effussion

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** VATs decortication
- **PROCEDURE:** VATs debridement

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT07188714
- **Lead sponsor:** Assiut University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2025-10-25
- **Primary completion:** 2027-09-10
- **Final completion:** 2028-02-10
- **Target enrollment:** 95 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2025-09-23


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07188714

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT07188714, "Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) Has Revolutionised Management of Complicated PPE, Our Study to Determine VATS Decortication Technique is Needed, Compared to VATS Debridement in PPE, Also RAPID Score and Pleural US Parameters Can Predict Which VATS Procedure is Needed.". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT07188714. Licensed CC0.

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