[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"health-study-detail:100617511":3},{"organization":4,"armGroups":7,"interventions":20,"overallOfficials":26,"centralContacts":31,"locations":37,"responsibleParty":49,"collaborators":26,"id":53,"slug":54,"hasResults":55,"nctId":56,"briefTitle":57,"officialTitle":58,"acronym":26,"eligibilityCriteria":59,"healthyVolunteers":55,"sex":60,"minAge":61,"maxAge":26,"enrollmentInfo":62,"targetDuration":26,"studyType":65,"phases":66,"briefSummary":68,"conditions":69,"keywords":76,"overallStatus":81,"whyStopped":26,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":82,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":83,"startDateStruct":86,"completionDateStruct":88,"leadSponsor":90,"locationsCount":91},{"fullName":5,"class":6},"Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences","OTHER_GOV",[8,14],{"label":9,"type":10,"description":11,"interventionNames":12},"Purse string group","ACTIVE_COMPARATOR","Patients in this arm will have the chest tube removal site closed using a purse-string suture technique. After chest tube removal and haemostasis, a single circumferential (purse-string) stitch is placed around the wound margin and tightened to approximate the skin edges. Skin is left approximated; additional superficial interrupted skin sutures may be applied at the investigator's discretion. Suture material: monofilament nylon or silk, per local practice. Standard sterile dressing applied. Post-procedure wound care and follow-up are identical to the comparator arm.",[13],"Procedure: Purse string suture closure",{"label":15,"type":16,"description":17,"interventionNames":18},"Plug Method group","EXPERIMENTAL","After chest tube removal, the wound is swiftly plugged off with an impregnable gauze and no sutures applied. The gauze is then fixed with air tight dressing",[19],"Procedure: Plug method closure",[21,27],{"type":22,"name":23,"description":24,"armGroupLabels":25,"otherNames":26},"PROCEDURE","Purse string suture closure","PURSE STRING METHOD OF CLOSURE: A circumferential suture is placed around the chest tube insertion site before or after tube removal. The suture is tightened like a drawstring to approximate the skin edges and close the wound. This method provides an air-tight seal but often results in a puckered, circular scar.\n\nPLUG METHOD OF CLOSURE: After chest tube removal, the tract is allowed to collapse naturally and is gently plugged with a small gauze piece impregnated with petroleum jelly.",[9],null,{"type":22,"name":28,"description":29,"armGroupLabels":30,"otherNames":26},"Plug method closure","An impregnable gauze which is made airtight by coating it in petroleum jelly is swiftly placed over the chest wound site as the chest tube is removed and an air tight dressing done.",[15],[32],{"name":33,"role":34,"phone":35,"phoneExt":26,"email":36},"Muhammad Fahad Ali Ali, MBBS","CONTACT","+923320601136","joyafahad@gmail.com",[38],{"facility":39,"status":26,"city":40,"state":40,"zip":26,"country":41,"countryCode":42,"cosmosGeoPoint":43,"geoPoint":48,"contacts":26},"Pakistan Institute of medical sciences","Islamabad","Pakistan","PK",{"type":44,"coordinates":45},"Point",[46,47],73.04329,33.72148,{"lat":47,"lon":46},{"type":50,"investigatorFullName":51,"investigatorTitle":52,"investigatorAffiliation":5,"oldNameTitle":26,"oldOrganization":26},"PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR","Muhammad Fahad Ali","Principal Investigator (General Surgery Resident)","100617511","comparison-of-chest-tube-wound-closure-comparison-between-purse-string-method-and-plug-method-100617511",false,"NCT07319572","Comparison of Chest Tube Wound Closure: Comparison Between Purse String Method and Plug Method.","Optimizing Chest Tube Removal: A Comparison of Purse-string Suture Closure and Plug Method.","Inclusion criteria :\n\n1. All patients \\>18 years of age\n2. Patients undergoing chest tube insertion for traumatic causes including Pneumothorax, hemothorax and hemopneumothorax.\n\nExclusion criteria:\n\n1. Previous ipsilateral thoracic surgery\n2. Patients with large wounds necessitating suture closure\n3. Patients with bleeding disorders","ALL","18 Years",{"count":63,"type":64},246,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[67],"NA","This prospective, comparative clinical study evaluates two techniques of chest tube wound closure-purse-string suture and the simple suture\u002Fplug method-to determine differences in cosmetic outcomes, wound complications, and overall patient satisfaction following chest tube removal. The study aims to identify the closure technique that provides optimal wound healing with fewer postoperative complications.",[70,71,72,73,74,75],"Pneumothorax","Hemothorax","Chest Tube","Chest Tube Removal","Purse String","Plug Method",[77,78,79,70,80],"Purse-string","Plug method","Chest tube","hemothorax","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","2025-12-19",{"date":84,"type":85},"2026-01-06","ACTUAL",{"date":87,"type":64},"2026-01-01",{"date":89,"type":64},"2026-12-31",{"name":5,"class":6},1]