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Cut-free surgery > New frontier for medical device companies > Exploring organ removal without making an incision > Remove an appendix through a patient’s mouth > NOTES research > Activity by medical device companies > Venture-funded start-up companies > Laparoscopic surgery > Noninvasive

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Will surgeons one day routinely remove an appendix through a patient’s mouth? How significant is the NOTES research and activity by medical device companies and venture-funded start-up companies? Does transluminal surgery have the potential to break the physical barrier between bodily trauma and surgery?

IIP > read on here > http://www.twincities.com…
…There’s growing interest among physicians and […]

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