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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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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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Redo Weight Loss Surgery > NOTES Surgery Without Incisions > Fastening device > StomaphyX Transoral Gastric Pouch Reduction > Endosgastric Solutions > New Option For Patients Who Gain Weight After Undergoing Bariatric Surgery

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Is the incisionless weight loss surgery procedure called StomaphyX a new outpatient procedure for patients who have have previously undergone weight loss surgery and regained excess weight? Can patients go home the same day? Is the average procedure time short and safer than traditional redo surgery?

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…The StomaphyX™ […]

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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

Monday, April 21, 2008

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 […]

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KARL STORZ > Major Grant to Fund GI Research > Development of Promising Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery NOTES > NOSCAR research contributes to safe adoption of new technique

Friday, April 18, 2008

Would the necessary research to further NOTES be possible without these types of industry grants? What progress in research has been made? Are the NOTES surgery techniques moving forward more rapidly than initially anticipated?

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…KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc., a global leader in endoscopy products and solutions for operating room integration, […]

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Natural Orifice Surgery NOS > Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research NOSCAR > Mark Talamini > University of California San Diego > School of Medicine > Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons SAGES 2008 > Natural-orifice gastric revisions > Covidien > Ethicon > USGI Medical

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

What is the value that the Natural Orifice Surgery NOS technique adds to a surgical procedure? Is NOSCAR surgery enthusiasm self-serving in order to keep the research going? Which high-volume procedure will be the incentive to keep the NOS development rolling?

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Twenty-five years ago, typical appendectomy patients could expect […]

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