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Endogastric Solution > Stomaphyx > Double T Fasteners restrict volume of stomach > Revision of Gastric bypass surgery for weight loss > Mount Sinai Medical Center > NOTES Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery,

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Is Stomaphyx a viable option for gastric bypass patients who have increased appetite and the urge to eat inspite of the bypass surgery? Does Stomaphyx produce little amounts of
bleeding?

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…A quarter of a million obese Americans undergo gastric bypass surgery for weight loss every year, but 20 percent of those […]

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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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EndoGastric Solutions > Results of EsophyX Multi-Center GERD Study > Transoral incisionless fundoplication surgery > No skin incisions > No cutting of vessels > No dissection of the fundus > 85% of patients remain symptom-free > Off daily GERD medication > Chanbe the dependence on pharmaceuticals

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Are the effects of daily GERD medication raising concerns that there are additional detrimental effects of pharmaceuticals that should be avoided? Is EsophyX a technology that advances the treatment of GERD forward? Is the discontinue of GERD medications especially important for women in the face of osteoporosis?

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EndoGastric Solutions, the world leader […]

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Power Medical Interventions Inc PMI Receives FDA 510k Marketing Clearance for iDrive Intelligent Surgical

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Is the iDrive a step towards computer-assisted, power-actuated endomechanical instruments for use in minimally invasive surgery? Are Robotic Articulating Endoscopic Linear Cutter making the conventional linear staplers obsolete? Will there be more Intelligent Surgical Instruments developed for use in the emerging field of Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery NOTES?

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…the U.S. Food […]

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GI Sleeve Implantable weight loss device > Randomized patient blinded prospective study > Patients will receive either a device or a sham procedure > Weight loss is primary outcome measure > Duodenal—Jejunal Bypass Sleeve > Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery NOTES Endobarrier Device for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity > Carolinas Medical Center > Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center > Lahey Clinic Medical Center

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Does the food go on the inside of the endobarrier device with the digestive enzymes on the outside of the device? Does the endobarrier device modify metabolic pathways and prevent the mixing of food and digestive enzymes? Does the EndoBarrier stenting device migrate without safe and secure proximal fixation with T fasteners?

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