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Category Archives: Clinical effectiveness

2008 NOTES Research Award Winners > Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research NOSCAR > American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ASGE > Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons SAGES > Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery NOTES > Next major advancement in minimally invasive therapy > Emerging technology > Expert laparoscopic surgeons > Expert interventional endoscopists > Working Group on NOTES > Therapeutic flexible endoscopy > Treatment of gastrointestinal conditions > Refinements in laparoscopic surgery > Complex surgical procedures > Gastric bypass > Minimally invasive fashion > Development of even less invasive methods > Treat conditions in both the gut lumen and in the peritoneal cavity > Major intraperitoneal surgery > Without skin incisions > Natural orifices > Entry point for surgical interventions > Peritoneal cavity > Avoiding abdominal wall incisions > Olympus > Gastrocamera > Fiberscope > Videoscope > Direct internal observation of the human body > Expanding minimally invasive treatment > Instruments and peripheral devices for medical treatment and clinical diagnoses > Endoscopic surgery > Patient-friendly medical care technology > Early detection and treatment of diseases > Karl Storz Endoscopy-America > Karl Storz GmbH & Co KG > Reusable endoscope technology > Endoscopic specialties > Tuttlingen Germany > Precision craftsmanship > Clinical effectiveness

Are the grant recipients conducting research that is pointing to the next phase in the evolution of the NOTES procedure? Are the growing capabilities of therapeutic flexible endoscopy leading to a new era in treatment of gastrointestinal conditions? Are the most important areas for initial NOTES study safe peritoneal access and secure gastric closure, intraperitoneal […]

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 […]

Advance Natural Orifice Surgery NOS > Natural Orifices transgastric endoscopic surgery NOTES > KARL STORZ > EndoGastric Solutions > Form a Strategic Alliance > EndoGastric Solutions and KARL STORZ combined Natural Orifice training course > IRCAD > 100 surgical teams have been trained > Cooperative arrangement > Formalized partnership to enhance mutual collaboration

Is NOS the future of incisionless surgery? Do NOTES procedures offer substantial benefits over laparoscopic or open alternatives? will the new partnership enable both companies to better meet the needs of NOTES surgeons and advanced therapeutic gastroenterologists?

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KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG, the world leader in endoscopy and advanced video imaging […]