Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) for Oral and Laryngopharyngeal Lesions Using Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System

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Conditions studied: Head and Neck Neoplasms

In brief

The purpose of this study is to conduct a pilot single-arm to assess transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for oral and laryngopharyngeal benign and malignant lesions using the Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01059357

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

58

Starts

2010-06-01

Expected to finish

2014-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-11-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient must present with indications for diagnostic or therapeutic approaches for benign and malignant diseases of the oral cavity or laryngopharynx (including the neoplastic lesions of the tongue, tongue base, retromolar trigone, tonsils, palate, posterior and lateral pharynx, glottic, supraglottic and subglottic larynx)
• Patients must have adequate transoral exposure of the oral cavity and laryngopharynx for TORS instrumentation

You may not qualify if…

• Unexplained fever and/or untreated, active infection
• Patient pregnancy
• Previous head and neck surgery precluding transoral/robotic procedures
• The presence of medical conditions contraindicating general anesthesia or transoral surgical approaches

Where it is running

• Wake Forest University Health Sciences — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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