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Category Archives: Adoption rates for laparoscopic surgery

New study > Long-term Results > Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication > Anti-reflux Surgery > Massachusetts General Hospital > Harvard Medical School > Minimally invasive procedure > Gastroesophageal reflux disease GERD > Seventy-one percent of patients satisfied with long-term results > Primary or revision redo laparoscopic fundoplication > By single surgeon > Near normal scores of GERD−HRQL Health-Related Quality of Life Scale

Does the results of this study demonstrate that most patients undergoing primary laparoscopic fundoplication have near normal GERD−HRQL scores? Are the patients satisfied with their decision to undergo surgery at long-term follow-up? Are the results following redo laparoscopic fundoplication as good as with primary laparoscopic fundoplication?

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…Patients undergoing laparoscopic fundoplication […]

Surgery without scars > NOTES > NOSCAR > No longer far-fetched > Mouths and other orifices offer better pathway to internal organs > Minimizing risks > Lee Swanstrom > Oregon Clinic

Does the Notes approach have many potential advantages such as no external scars, cause less pain, and faster recovery?  Is NOSCAR surgery the natural evolution of endoscopic surgery? If a patient is offered a surgical option that would leave no scar, versus one with a little scar, which option would be chosen? IIP > Read on […]

Minimally Invasive Surgery > Reduced Risk of Hospital-Acquired Infections > Nosocomial Infection Marker NIM > Laparoscopy compared to Open Surgery > SAGES 2008 annual meeting > California Pacific Medical Center > Ethicon Endo-Surgery

Does this study give definitive evidence that laparoscopic surgery reduces the risk of nosocomial infection compared to open surgery? Will this evidence lead to improved patient care and reductions in costs? Does the high adoption rate for laparoscopic surgery lead to improved quality of care?

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…Ethicon Endo-Surgery today […]