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A Phase II Evaluation of Telesurgery Systems
This study has been completed.
Sponsored by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by: National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00026923
  Purpose

This study evaluates a system of remote supervision of laparoscopic surgery. Laparoscopic surgery is performed through small holes in the abdomen called ports. A camera is passed through one port for visualization. Laparoscopic surgery requires an assistant to hold the camera and help the operating surgeon view the surgical field. The assistant camera holder may be a surgeon or a robotic arm. The robotic arm is usually controlled by the operating surgeon. In this study, a robotic arm holding the camera will be used, and will be controlled by a surgeon outside the operating room.


Condition Intervention Phase
Laparoscopy
Procedure: Laparoscopic surgery
Phase II

U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Safety/Efficacy Study
Official Title: A Phase II Evaluation of Telesurgery Systems

Further study details as provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):

Estimated Enrollment: 30
Study Start Date: January 1999
Estimated Study Completion Date: December 2001
Detailed Description:

This study evaluates a system of remote supervision of laparoscopic surgery. Laparoscopic surgery is performed through small holes in the abdomen called ports. A camera is passed through one port for visualization. Laparoscopic surgery requires an assistant to hold the camera and help the operating surgeon view the surgical field. The assistant camera holder may be a surgeon or a robotic arm. The robotic arm is usually controlled by the operating surgeon. In this study, a robotic arm holding the camera will be used, and will be controlled by a surgeon outside the operating room.

  Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Any patient undergoing laparoscopic surgery.

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00026923

Locations
United States, Maryland
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
Sponsors and Collaborators
  More Information

Publications:
Study ID Numbers: 990028, 99-C-0028
Study First Received: November 14, 2001
Last Updated: March 3, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00026923  
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Laparoscopy
Telemedicine
Surgery
Endoscopy

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 15, 2009