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Forces During Skull Base Surgery

NCT01705821 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 3

Last updated 2014-12-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is designed to measure forces applied using standard surgical instruments at the skull base during resection of skull base lesions. This data will be useful for optimizing an active canula robot for assisting in skull base surgery. We hypothesize that through measurement of forces generated during routine endoscopic skull base surgery we will be able to optimize the canulas of an active canula robot for skull base surgery.

Conditions

  • Skull Base
  • Pituitary
  • Robotics
  • Endonasal Surgery
  • Sinus Surgery

Interventions

DEVICE

Use of force sensing surgical curette

Use of a standard surgical curette outfitted with an in-line 6-axis force and torque transducer for collection of force data during surgery.

PROCEDURE

Removal of pituitary tumor using modified curette

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Vanderbilt University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert Webster, PhD · Vanderbilt University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2013-09-30
Completion
2013-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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