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Category Archives: Capsule Endoscopy

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

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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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

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 […]

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

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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Capsule Endoscopy > Video capsule instead of breakfast

Will frequent video endoscopic evaluation help to detect more serious diseases in the digestive tract? Can capsule endoscopy technology be refined to make it an useful tool for GERD screening? What are the potential adverse events associated with the use of capsule endoscopy?

 

Screening for GERD in men over the age of 50 is recommended every […]