Observation of the fungiform taste buds using confocal laser scanning laser microsopy
Phase 1
- Conditions
- Patients with severed chorda tympani nerve during middle ear surgery
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000016895
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Fukui, Faculty of Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 10
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
none
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional,observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method How many days are needed until the fungiform taste buds disappear, and how many months are needed until the taste buds regenerate after severing the human chorda tympani nerve.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Same fungiform papillae are periodically observed using confocal laser scanning microscopy.