Intra-parotid Facial Nerve Tractography (R-PO19053)

CHU de Reims

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Parotid Tumor

Treatments: Radiation: MRI with Facial nerve tractography

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03950323

PO19053

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to evaluate concordance between the facial nerve's path in the parotid evaluated by radiologist in preoperatively and the facial nerve's path in the parotid evaluated by surgeon in peroperatively.

Full description

Surgery is the main treatment for parotid tumol, benign or malignant pathologies. The procedure requires a trunk search and a facial nerve dissection along its intraparotid length. This intervention entails a risk of facial paralysis.

MRI tractography is a new imaging technique that can characterize nerve fibers and their path.

The interest would be to allow the surgeon to best prepare the parotidectomy by locating the tumor in relation to the trunk and all the branches of the facial nerve.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

inclusion criteria :

• Major patient
• Patient with initial parotid mass or recurrent
• Parotidian mass with surgical indication
• Benign or malignant
• With or without preoperative facial paralysis
• Patients consenting the protocol

exclusion criteria :

• Parotidian masses without surgical indication
• Patient with a classic contraindication to MRI

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 1 patient group

patients operated on for parotid tumor

Experimental group

Description:

All consecutive patients operated on for parotid tumor.

Treatment:

Radiation: MRI with Facial nerve tractography