Brain Retraction Monitoring Sensor Study
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Brain Surgery Requiring Significant Retraction of the Brain
In brief
The purpose of this study is to utilize a sensor incorporated into a brain retractor blade to monitor electrical activity and pressure applied to the brain during retraction required for the selected skull base operations. The overall goal of the study is to develop a protocol and guidelines to prevent the development of brain retraction injury during neurosurgical procedures requiring significant retraction.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00754754
- Run by
- Vanderbilt University
- People needed
- 2
- Starts
- 2008-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2011-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-09-15
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- A patient must be scheduled to undergo skull base surgery requiring significant brain retraction
- Informed Consent
You may not qualify if…
- None, other than patients in whom major surgical complications are encountered that are unrelated to brain retraction may be excluded from subsequent data analysis
Where it is running
- Methodist Hospital — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- Inova Fairfax Hospital — Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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