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Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) for Sleep Apnea

NCT01187160 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 154

Last updated 2016-08-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess if the da Vinci® Robotic Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA) allows for "adequate exposure" for transoral resection of hypertrophic lingual tonsils in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Transoral robotic surgery (TORS)

The da Vinci® Robotic Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA) is a manual image-guided surgery system that is computer enhanced rather than computer guided robotic surgery in which the surgeon programs the computer to do the surgery and the robot does the surgery (also known as a milling device). Use of the da Vinci® Robotic Surgical System in the aforementioned configuration in fact facilitates an exact translation of the surgeons hand and finger movements at the console to precise and tremor-free movements of the arms and instruments.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Erica Thaler, M.D. · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-10-31
Primary Completion
2014-10-31
Completion
2014-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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