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Stent-graft > EVAR > New findings on abdominal aortic aneurysm AAA > Mortality > Endovascular technology > Hospital volume > Proportion of AAA repaired with EVAR > Increased from 27% to 39%

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Did the introduction of endovascular (EVAR) technology change the relationship of hospital volume to mortality with abdominal aortic aneurysm repair?Are higher-volume hospitals are more likely to use the endovascular approach? Is the greater use of the endovascular procedure at high-volume hospitals accounting for the difference in mortality between high-and low-volume hospitals?

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Aortic Stent Grafts > Growing physician preference for minimally invasive procedures > Boost Canadian and Japanese Peripheral Vascular Markets > Grow at CAGRs of nearly 60% and 20%

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Is stent-graft design in an evolutionary dead-end or can device innovation improve the success rates of aortic stent grafts? Can improved devices actually expand the treatable patient population? Will growing patient awareness of and demand for minimally invasive aortic procedures will drive the adoption of aortic stent grafts?

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Single port laparoscopy SPL > More surgeons perform SPL surgery > Triport > Quadport > Retention suture t-anchors > Single port access SPA > One Port Umbilicus Surgery OPUS > R-Port laparoscopic access device > Advanced Surgical Concepts ASC > Transumbilical nephrectomy and pyeloplasty > Needlescopic instruments > Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery NOTES

Monday, June 2, 2008

Is single port laparoscopy SPL positioned to be more successful than using the natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery NOTES approach? Is there any substantial advantage of SPL or NOTES over conventional laparoscopy and robotics? Are retention suture t-anchors to the lateral parietal peritoneum improving the SPL access for scarless single port transumbilical
nephrectomy and […]

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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

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

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 […]

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Medical Corporations Crossing the Line > Journal’s Article Questions TV Ads for Cypher stent > New England Journal of Medicine > Cordis subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson > Direct-to-consumer advertising DTCA > Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty PTCA > Consumer Health Education > State University of New York > Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Monday, May 26, 2008

What are the basic regulatory requirements for non-deceptive advertising of medical corporations? Why is there no requirement to report negative side effects to a toll-free number operated by the FDA that is currently required for print prescription drug ads but not for medical devices? Is the device industry campaign trying to perceive an informed, balanced […]

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Covidien > USSC > Tyco > FDA approval for laparoscopic kit > Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery SILS Procedure Kit > Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery NOTES > NOSCAR Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research > SILS for general surgery > Urologic gynecologic and bariatric surgery application > Peritoneal access > Suturing > Anastomotic devices > Single skin incision in patient’s umbilicus

Friday, May 23, 2008

Does the SILS kit enable incision-less surgery that will improve patient outcomes? Is the SILS NOTES product development an initiative that was launched in 2007 in response to the 2007 business results? Will the new products have an impact on the reported 2007 net loss of $342 million on sales of $10.2 billion?
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Novel access and closure device > NOTES applications > Transcolonic

Monday, May 19, 2008

Does the prototype device designed for transluminal access and closure provide a leak proof seal and closure? Do incision-related adhesions and microabscesses show the clinical need for further refinement in aseptic technique?

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…Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is a novel, potentially less invasive alternative to laparoscopic surgery. However, the […]

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Medtronic’s Securant > Lombard Medical > U.S. clinical trial for its EndoRefix endostapling device > New Stent Graft Fixation Device > Stent Stapler Closer to Launch

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

What are the limited European launch results that followed on the conclusion of a 10-patient clinical study? Is the clinical utility of EndoRefix to serve as an adjunctive procedure to endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysms stent-graft repair? Will Medtronic improve the proximal fixation of the Aneurx stent-graft with the technology?

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