use of nerve monitoring during neck surgery for marginal mandibular nerve-a branch of facial nerve
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C029- Malignant neoplasm of tongue, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/07/020084
- Lead Sponsor
- A
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1) stage T1/T2/T3 per primum tongue carcinoma patients
2) primary defect can be closed with primary closure
Exclusion Criteria
1)patients received prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy
2)prior neck surgeries
3)requiring bilateral neck dissection
4)pre-operative facial weakness
5)patients requiring lower cheek flap/angle split incision
6)requiring mandibular resection or mandibulotomy for approach
7)patients requiring free flap/pedicled flap reconstruction
8)requiring nerve sacrifice for oncological margins
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method PRESENCE OF MARGINAL MANDIBULAR NERVE PARESISTimepoint: post operative day 1/2
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method OVERALL SURGICAL COSTTimepoint: IMMEDIATE POST SURGERY;OVERALL SURGICAL TIMETimepoint: IMMEDIATE POST NECK DISSECTION;PRESENCE OF MARGINAL MANDIBULAR NERVE PARESISTimepoint: AT 3 MONTHS, 6 MONTHS AND A YEAR OF FOLLOW-UP