To evaluate the safety and feasibility of a Foot Controlled Robotic Endoscope Enabled Robot (FREE) in performing functional endoscopic sinus surgery to answer the two key questions: 1. Is the FREE robot feasible to use in patients for endoscopic sinus surgery? 2. Is the FREE robot safe to use in patients for endoscopic sinus surgery?
Through previous cadaver experiments we have demonstrated and experimentally validated a new foot-controlled robotic endoscope holder prototype that allows the surgeon to directly manipulate surgical instruments with both hands at all times. The conducted ex-vivo cadaver test, corroborated the feasibility of the robotic prototype. However the next step requires further clinical trials to evaluate its use in endoscopic sinus surgery in patients that is the purpose of this study
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
1
FREE robot to hold endoscope
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, Hong Kong
Conversion
The rate of conversions to normal holding of the endoscope
Time frame: Intraoperative
Perioperative complications
Assessment of perioperative complications
Time frame: Within 30 days postoperative
Surgical outcomes
Operative time
Time frame: Intraoperative and postoperative 2 weeks and 30 days
Surgical outcomes
Estimated blood loss
Time frame: Intraoperative and postoperative 2 weeks and 30 days
Surgical Outcomes
Length of stay
Time frame: Intraoperative and postoperative 2 weeks and 30 days
Quality of life
The Total Nasal Symptom Score (TNSS; possible score of 0-12) is the sum of 4 individual participant-assessed symptom scores for rhinorrhea, nasal congestion, nasal itching, and sneezing, each evaluated using a scale of 0=None, 1=Mild, 2=Moderate, or 3=Severe. Higher scores represent a worse outcome
Time frame: Within 30 days postoperative
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