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Pretreatment Assessment of Oropharynx Ans Soft Palate Radiofrequency Surgery - a Multi-center Study

NCT01223859 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 74

Last updated 2010-10-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Interstitial radiofrequency (RF) surgery of the soft palate (SP) is an established option in the treatment of habitual snoring. The decision making process in the management of habitual snoring would benefit from diagnostic guidelines for oropharyngeal findings. The aim was to investigate the correlation of systematic clinical pretreatment oropharyngeal examination scores with the efficacy of interstitial RF surgery of SP in a multi-center study

Conditions

  • Snoring

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Interstitial soft palate surgery

Soft palate RF surgery in local anaesthesia

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe, Celon Ag Medical Instruments, Teltow, Germany

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Helsinki University Central Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Helsinki

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Leif JJ Bäck, MD PhD · Helsinki University Dept of ORL HN Surg

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2009-07-31
Completion
2010-03-31

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