# Forces During Skull Base Surgery

> **NCT01705821** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Vanderbilt University** · enrollment: 3 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Skull Base
- Pituitary
- Robotics
- Endonasal Surgery
- Sinus Surgery

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Use of force sensing surgical curette
- **PROCEDURE:** Removal of pituitary tumor using modified curette

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01705821
- **Lead sponsor:** Vanderbilt University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-10
- **Primary completion:** 2013-09
- **Final completion:** 2013-09
- **Target enrollment:** 3 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2014-12-09


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01705821

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01705821, "Forces During Skull Base Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-12 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01705821. Licensed CC0.

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