Clinical Trials

Transnasal endoscopic procedures

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  • Quality of Life After Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Rochester, MN

    The goal of this study is to determine the olfactory outcomes and quality of life outcomes associated with cautery upper limb vs cold knife upper limb nasal septal incision.

  • A Study to Evaluate Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery and Pituitary Surgery Quality of Life Rochester, MN

    The objectives of this study are to:

      • Measure the short and long-term overall and nasal-specific quality of life (QOL) impact of patients undergoing Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery (EESBS) for pituitary and sellar lesions.
      • Determine the relative difference in QOL impact of EESBS for patients undergoing surgery for functional and nonfunctional pituitary adenomas.
      • Generate baseline data to development and validate a site-specific endoscopic-specific comprehensive QOL for EESBS.
      • Particular tumors of interest include pituitary tumors, Rathke’s cleft cysts, craniopharyngiomas, clival chordomas and chondrosarcomas.
      • Specific QOL aims focus on olfaction (sense of smell), gustation (sense of taste) and nasal function.

     

     

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