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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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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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Advance Natural Orifice Surgery NOS > Natural Orifices transgastric endoscopic surgery NOTES > KARL STORZ > EndoGastric Solutions > Form a Strategic Alliance > EndoGastric Solutions and KARL STORZ combined Natural Orifice training course > IRCAD > 100 surgical teams have been trained > Cooperative arrangement > Formalized partnership to enhance mutual collaboration

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Is NOS the future of incisionless surgery? Do NOTES procedures offer substantial benefits over laparoscopic or open alternatives? will the new partnership enable both companies to better meet the needs of NOTES surgeons and advanced therapeutic gastroenterologists?

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