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Robotic Surgery in the Seated Position for Benign and Malignant Lesions of the Head and Neck
NCT02792322 · Mayo Clinic · Updated 4 June 2025
- What is being tested
- Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) with the daVinci Robotic Surgical System device
- For
- Oropharyngeal Neoplasms; Head and Neck Cancer
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 18 years to 90 years. About 32 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- United States
- When
- Starts or started 11 July 2016, ends 7 May 2024. Registered 7 June 2016.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
This study is designed to investigate if transoral surgery with the patient in the seated position utilizing the da Vinci\® Robotic Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA) will enable better visualization and expedited removal of benign and malignant tumors of the throat.
Sites
- Mayo Clinic in RochesterRochester, Minnesota, United States