Clinical trials: Surgical Instrument
Intraoperative Complications, Intraoperative Bleeding
Ostene in Thoracolumbar Decompression and Fusion Evaluated With VIBE
In spine surgery, it is important to try to minimize bleeding. In particular, spine surgery often involves inserting hardware into bone, and/or removing bone in the spine.
- Conditions
- Intraoperative Complications, Intraoperative Bleeding, Intraoperative Blood Loss, Hemostasis
- Trial name
- Ostene VIBe (NCT06450834)
- Testing
- Ostene
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 173 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Thyroid Cancer
Safety and Efficacy Study of Ultrasonic Coagulation Device and Bipolar Energy Sealing System
The aim of the study is to evaluate differences between use of Ultrasonic Coagulation Device (New Harmonic ACE™, Ethicon endo-surgery) and Bipolar Energy Sealing System (LigaSure Precise™, Covidien) in surgery for thyroid cancer.
- Trial name
- UCBEST (NCT01565486)
- Testing
- Ultrasonic coagulation device (Harmonic ACE® scalpel), bipolar energy sealing system (LigaSure Precise)
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 304 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul St. Mary's Hospital
Periodontal Disease
Periodontal Treatment Associated With Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Evaluation of the clinical effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) adjunctively to scaling and root planing (SRP) in the treatment of severe case of chronic periodontitis.
- Trial name
- NCT00955643
- Testing
- oxygen, other
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saude Publica
Vertebral Body Compression Fracture(s)
Biological Allograft Chain Tissue Implant
A prospective, multi-center study evaluating allograft tissue as a bone void filler when implanted with Lenoss Medical manual surgical instrumentation in patients with painful vertebral compression fractures.
- Trial name
- NCT04064710
- Testing
- Vertebral Body Augmentation, Manual Surgical Instruments
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Lenoss Medical
Gastric Cancer Patients Undergoing Gastrectomy
Cohort Study Comparing Surgeon Stress, Utilization of Surgical Instruments, Surgical Outcomes According to Surgical Approach for Gastrectomy
A new surgical instrument is supposed to allow surgeon to do surgery with better performance. However, the learning period before getting used to the new instruments is necessary.
- Trial name
- NCT04972149
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Yonsei University
Women With Vulvar Intraephitelial Neoplasia or Vulvar Cancer
A New Patient Reported Outcome Instrument to Assess Symptom Experience in Women With Vulvar Neoplasms (WOMAN-PRO)
Post-surgery complications in women with vulvar neoplasms (vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia and vulvar cancer) are still high and an instrument assessing patients self-reported post-vulval surgery symptom experiences is missing.
- Trial name
- WOMAN-PRO (NCT01300663)
- Where
- 8 sites in Germany, Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of Basel
Musculoskeletal Deformity, Musculoskeletal Abnormalities
Advanced Surgical Simulation Processes in the Correction of Skeletal Defects and Deformities
Virtual Surgical Planning (VSP), Computer-Aided Surgical Simulation (CASS) for bone corrections, and the customization of implants and devices through 3D printing, known as Patient-Specific Instruments (PSI) and Graft-Specific…
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Deformity, Musculoskeletal Abnormalities, Musculoskeletal Disorder
- Trial name
- SIMULA (NCT06380530)
- Testing
- Deformity correction
- Where
- 7 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Thoracolumbar Spinal Fusion
Retrospective Evaluation of Upper Instrumented Vertebrae (UIV) Screw Loosening Following Spine Surgery
The REESE study is looking at information from past spine surgeries to learn how often screws placed at the top of a spinal fusion become loose over time.
- Trial name
- REESE (NCT07838571)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Periodontal Diseases, Dental Diseases
Instrumentation Effectiveness of Modified, Area-Specific Hand Scalers During Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy
The goal of this project is to analyze the effectiveness of calculus and biofilm removal using area-specific hand scalers such as Mini Five® Gracey Curettes and Micro Mini Five® Gracey Curettes in periodontal pockets that are 5mm…
- Trial name
- NCT03729167
- Testing
- Scaling and root planing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Hip Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis
G7 Dual Mobility With Vivacit-E or Longevity PMCF
This study is a global, multi-center, prospective, non-controlled, non-randomized, post-market clinical follow-up study. The main objectives of this study are to confirm the long-term safety, performance, and clinical benefits of…
- Conditions
- Hip Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Joint Diseases, Avascular Necrosis
- Trial name
- NCT05548972
- Testing
- G7 Dual Mobility with Vivacit-E bearing, G7 Dual Mobility Longevity bearing
- Where
- 10 sites in United States, Belgium and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 358 people
- Sponsor
- Zimmer Biomet
Oropharyngeal Neoplasms, Head and Neck Cancer
Robotic Surgery in the Seated Position for Benign and Malignant Lesions of the Head and Neck
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…
- Trial name
- NCT02792322
- Testing
- Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) with the daVinci Robotic Surgical System device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Postoperative Cough, Cough Hypersensitivity Syndrome
Effects of Energy Versus Mechanical Surgical Devices on Postoperative Cough
Numerous current studies have indicated that transecting the pulmonary plexus nerve as a routine step in radical lung cancer surgery is an independent risk factor for cough hypersensitivity (CH).
- Trial name
- ENERGY-COUGH (NCT07524712)
- Testing
- Energy Device Vagus Nerve Transection, Mechanical Vagus Nerve Transection
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 248 people
- Sponsor
- Tongji Hospital
Spondylolisthesis, Degenerative Lumbar Disc Disease
Spine Research With Roentgen Stereophotogrammetric Analysis
The purpose of this study is to gather information on the effectiveness of a new spine implant for patients who require spinal fusion surgery.
- Conditions
- Spondylolisthesis, Degenerative Lumbar Disc Disease, Spinal Stenosis
- Trial name
- SpineRSA (NCT00493558)
- Testing
- Trabecular Metal Intervertebral Cage with RSA beads
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
Operating Room Nursing, Serious Game
The Effect of Serious Games
Today, there is a need to integrate and restructure rapidly developing technology into teaching environments. When web-based applications, which are among the popular and innovative technologies, are examined, it is seen that…
- Conditions
- Operating Room Nursing, Serious Game, Education, Surgical Instrument
- Trial name
- NCT05480540
- Testing
- Serious game
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gümüşhane Universıty
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Evaluation of the TruMatch® System in Knee Prosthetic Surgery
Patient specific instrumentation is an alternative to conventional intra- and extra-medullary guides to perform the femoral and tibial cuts in total knee replacement (TKR).
- Trial name
- NCT01876654
- Testing
- TruMatch® patient specific cutting guide
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- University of Milan