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Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) for Sleep Apnea
NCT01187160 · University of Pennsylvania · Updated 22 Aug 2016
- What is being tested
- Transoral robotic surgery (TORS)
- For
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 18 years and older. About 154 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- United States
- When
- Starts or started Oct 2009, ends Nov 2014. Registered 23 Aug 2010.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
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.
Sites
- University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States