Spine Surgery, Surgery
Conditions
Brief summary
Purpose of the study: To evaluate whether the SSB is safe, useful, beneficial and effective in drilling, cutting and removal of bone tissue in neurosurgical and spine procedures.
Detailed description
Sponsored observational clinical pilot study with no control group. Aim is to get a maximum of 20 study subjects, who have disease of the spine or head requiring surgery with bone removal and who are willing to participate into this study.
Interventions
Use of Surgify Safety Burr in hard tissue cutting, head and spine area
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Disease of the spine or head requiring surgery with bone removal * Ability to understand the purpose and risks of the study and to give written informed consent * Age 18-70 years
Exclusion criteria
* Previous surgery on the same area * Abnormalities of bone tissue * Vulnerable patient (such as prisoner, retarded person, person in nursing home, patient in emergency situation) * Allergy or hypersensitivity to medical-grade stainless steel or any of alloying components * Problems with blood clotting
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| To evaluate usability of SSB | Duration is from recruitment until end of the time on recovery ward, approximately 1 day to 1 week. | Using video material from operations, microphone recording of the surgeon commentary during drilling and questionnaires to surgeon. |
| To evaluate safety of SSB | Duration is from recruitment until end of the time on recovery ward, approximately 1 day to 1 week. | AE reporting |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| To evaluate effectiveness of SSB | Duration is from recruitment until end of the time on recovery ward, approximately 1 day to 1 week. | Using video material from operations, microphone recording of the surgeon commentary during drilling |
| To evaluate beneficiality of SSB | Duration is from recruitment until end of the time on recovery ward, approximately 1 day to 1 week | Questionnaires to surgeon |
Countries
Finland