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Force Sensor Study
Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
Summary
This research is to understand more about the forces that are involved on the tongue and other oropharyngeal structures during laryngeal surgery. This information will be used to determine if these forces can affect outcomes (pain, numbness, taste, etc) and whether factors such as procedure type, surgeon experience (i.e. resident, fellow, attending), and choice of surgical equipment affect these forces. This information may be used to reduce these forces and prevent these issues from happening during certain laryngeal surgeries. For the first 50 patients, force measurements will be taken and correlated to outcome measures . Surgeons will be blinded to the force measurements intra-operatively. For the next 50 patients, surgeons will be given force measurements in real-time intra-operatively allowing adjustments to be made. The impact of this adjustment on outcomes will be determined.
Official title: Biomechanical Analysis of Force Loadings During Suspension Microlaryngoscopy
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
100
Start Date
2026-01-02
Completion Date
2027-01-31
Last Updated
2026-02-25
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Direct laryngoscopy force modulation
Modification of applied force during direct laryngoscopy using real-time force sensor measurements.
Direct laryngoscopy without force modulation
Patients will undergo direct laryngoscopy as is done in standard of care without active modulation of applied force
Locations (1)
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States