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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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