Buccal fat applied to transoral robotic lateral oropharyngectomy defects to lessen radical tonsillectomy pain (BOLT): a single-centre, phase II, parallel, randomised control trial study protocol
Michael Xie, John de Almeida, David Goldstein, Rosemary Martino, Yi Fan Liu, Brittany Allen, Wei Xu, Katrina Hueniken, Christopher MKL Yao · 2025
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Description
Michael Xie and co-authors set out a trial protocol for throat surgery in a paper from two thousand twenty-five. Robotic surgery through the mouth can remove tonsil tumors, but the open wound left behind causes much pain and delays swallowing. A flap of cheek fat can cover the wound at once.
The trial will assign patients by chance to get the fat flap or to heal in the usual open way. All patients have early to middle stage tonsil tumors and are treated at one center. The main outcome is pain at rest and when swallowing after surgery. The authors want to learn whether covering the wound cuts pain and speeds recovery.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Michael Xie, John de Almeida, David Goldstein, Rosemary Martino, Yi Fan Liu, Brittany Allen, Wei Xu, Katrina Hueniken, Christopher MKL Yao |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |