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The Effect of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Operations on the Swallowing Function
NCT03082170 · Rambam Health Care Campus · Updated 11 May 2017
- What is being tested
- FEES; SDQ; data review
- For
- Dysphagia; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
- 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 120 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- Not stated
- When
- Starts or started 1 June 2017, ends 20 March 2018. Registered 17 March 2017.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
The investigators hypothesize that partial robotic tongue base resection surgery and / or soft palate surgery, as a treatment for sleep apnea affect the swallowing quality.In order to characterize the dysphagia The investigators will locate participants undergoing this surgery more than six months ago.The investigators will test their swallowing by fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) and let participants fill out a questionnaire regarding swallowing disorders swallowing dysfunction questionnaire (SDQ). Also the investigators will use data collected from participants who have undergone this surgery and already had these tests due to swallowing complaints.