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Complex aneurysm > Treated using new fenestrated endograft stent > New York > Presbyterian Hospital > Columbia University Medical Center > Zenith Fenestrated AAA Endovascular > Graft by Cook Medical

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Has stent-grafting with a traditional endograft been difficult or impossible for about ten per cent of abdominal aortic aneurysm patients? Is open surgery usually not an option since most of these patients are aged 70 and older, and often with medical complications? Does the fenestrated endograft procedure take more time and skill than repair of […]

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Satiety > Transoral Gastroplasty > NOTES > NOSCAR > Treatment of Morbid Obesity > TOGA™ > Study not yet open for participant recruitment > Primary Outcome Measures > Proportion of subjects with ≥ 25% EWL Excess Weight Loss > Cedars-Sinai Medical Center > Washington University in St. Louis > University of Texas Medical School at Houston > Columbia University Medical Center > Erasme Hospital Brussels

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

IIP > Read on here > http://clinicaltrials.gov…
…The TOGA™ trial is a prospective, multi-center, randomized sham-controlled trial designed to determine the safety and effectiveness of the TOGA System for the treatment of morbid obesity. The study will also determine the effect of the treatment on co-morbidities and quality of life.
Subjects will be blinded to treatment or […]

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