Patent blue in laryngeal cancer
Recruiting
- Conditions
- laryngeal cancer, sentinel lymph node
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON27148
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Medical Center Groningen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 10
Inclusion Criteria
proven carcinoma of the larynx
-> 18 yrs of age
-undergo a total laryngectomy with planned neck dissection.
-informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
-partial laryngectomy
-no planned neck dissection
-hypersensitivity for patent blue
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method After ex vivo confirmation that PB injected around LC in a laryngeal surgical specimen is not spreading into tissues beyond the tumor, the detection of SLN by a technique of injecting PB via a flexible laryngoscope using a working channel has to be tested.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method We want to analyze the difference in PB spreading for detection of SLN in primary TL and salvage TL.