# PEAK PlasmaBlade TnA Versus Traditional Electrosurgery in Subcapsular Tonsillectomy

> **NCT01193556** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Medtronic Surgical Technologies** · enrollment: 51 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Tonsillitis

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** PEAK PlasmaBlade TnA
- **DEVICE:** Traditional Electrosurgery with scalpel

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01193556
- **Lead sponsor:** Medtronic Surgical Technologies
- **Sponsor class:** INDUSTRY
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2010-07
- **Primary completion:** 2012-03
- **Final completion:** 2012-04
- **Target enrollment:** 51 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Termination due to acquisition of PEAK Surgical by Medtronic
- **Last updated:** 2013-01-03


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01193556

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01193556, "PEAK PlasmaBlade TnA Versus Traditional Electrosurgery in Subcapsular Tonsillectomy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-08 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01193556. Licensed CC0.

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