Does the ability to close a gastrotomy safely and securely from inside the stomach represent a major leap forward in Incisionless surgery? Will USGI’s products enable surgeons to perform truly scarless NOTES procedures? Has incisionless surgery technology advanced significantly in recent years with expandable tissue anchors that fit across the full thickness of the stomach wall?
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…USGI Medical, Inc. (USGI) announced today that Santiago Horgan, M.D., director of the UC San Diego Center for the Future of Surgery, used the company’s EndoSurgical Operating System(TM) (EOS) to demonstrate a technique that allows for appendectomy without abdominal incisions at the Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research’s (NOSCAR) 3rd International Conference on Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery(TM) (NOTES(TM)).
Horgan removed an appendix and then fully closed the stomach incision (the gastrotomy) from inside the stomach in front of the meeting’s 300 attendees on Saturday. The NOSCAR meeting took place in San Francisco, July 10 to 12.
Horgan became the first surgeon in the U.S. to remove a patient’s appendix through the mouth in late March, his 22nd “incisionless surgery” procedure. In later cases, he used USGI’s EOS to close the gastrotomy through the patient’s mouth following a NOTES appendectomy, another U.S. first.
The ability to close the gastrotomy from inside the stomach is considered the major hurdle to the widespread adoption of Incisionless NOTES surgery…
NOTES involves passing surgical instruments through one of the body’s natural orifices, such as the mouth or vagina, to remove a diseased organ such as an appendix or gallbladder. Operating solely through the body’s natural orifices eliminates external incisions and offers promise for less pain, shorter hospital stays, lower healthcare costs and no external scars compared to traditional and laparoscopic surgery…