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Gastric Bypass Surgery > Laparoscopic or Open Procedure > Annals of Surgery > Laparoscopic gastric bypass LGB > Open gastric bypass OGB > Placing several small incisions in the abdomen > Lesser intraoperative blood loss > Shorter hospitalization > Reduced postoperative pain > Less pulmonary complications > Faster recovery > Better cosmesis > Fewer wound complications

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Does the laparoscopic method reduce postoperative complications? Is the need for a second operation reduced? Is the risk of pulmonary complications increased by 92 percent with open surgery? Do cardiovascular complications increase to 54 percent with open surgery?

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If you are one of the millions of people in the United […]

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Gallbladder Inflammation > Early Surgery Best > Laparoscopy > Keyhole surgery > Cholecystitis > Resulting from a gallstone > Blocks the cystic duct > Abdominal pain > Lasts more than 6 hours > Fever > Nausea > Biliary colic

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Is gallbladder inflammation characterized by repeated attacks of pain? Does a persistent acute episode signal a serious complication? Is it best patient care to have the gallbladder removed using minimally invasive surgery within 24 hours of hospital admission?

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…In patients who develop acute inflammation of the gallbladder, its best to […]

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Single-incision laparoscopic hysterectomy > Single-port access surgery SPA > Single-incision laparoscopic surgery SILS > Substitution of traditional invasive abdominal surgery

Friday, July 4, 2008

Are there too many open-incision abdominal hysterectomies performed? Is total laparoscopic surgery, using three or four incisions, usuable in most patients with noncancerous conditions? Will single-incision laparoscopic surgery substitue traditional laparoscopy?

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Jackie Columbo is back at work as a dental assistant today, just eight days after having a hysterectomy.
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YelloPort Plus > Advanced laparoscopic port access system > Well received by surgeons in the USA > Expected worldwide increase > Obesity rise > Increase in demand for laparoscopic ports > Surgical Innovations > Demand for obesity-reduction operations

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Are surgical procedural tray supply companies evaluating the new laparoscopic access port? Is the expected outcome an opening of important routes to the procurement decision-makers in hospital groups across the USA? Is YelloPort Plus established in major European markets such as Spain, Scandinavia and other key territories?

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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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Minimally Invasive Surgery > Removal of liver cysts and tumors > Benign or malignant > Surgical treatment of pancreatic cancer > Chemo bath > Intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion > Advanced abdominal cancers > National Cancer Institute NCI designation > Comprehensive Cancer Center > Moores UC San Diego Cancer Center

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Is MIS surgery on the liver a complex and delicate gastrointestinal procedures due to the significant flow of blood? Can the minimally invasive techniques now be performed with limited blood loss?

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…Through an advanced minimally-invasive procedure called laparoscopy, Andrew M. Lowy, M.D., chief of surgical oncology at Moores UCSD Cancer […]

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Laparoscopic approach to colorectal cancer resection > Equivalent to open surgery > Cancer control > Five studies > United States > China > Taiwan > Portugal > Italy > Spain > United Kingdom > Colon cancer > Similar outcomes for minimally invasive and open surgery > Surgical experience > Learning curve

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Are open incisions that cause pain and require lengthy healing times unnecessary to treat colorectal cancer patients? Are surgeons no longer afraid that laparoscopy might impair survival in colorectal cancer patients and cause metastases in the skin openings that are used to insert the trocars and instruments? Is the expeditious traditional open approach to cancer […]

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Cleveland Clinic Surgeon Performs First Single-Port Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy and Single-Port Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy > Jihad H Kaouk > Single-Port Laparoscopic SPL > Uni-X Single Port Laparoscopic System > Gregory Piskun > Pnavel Systems

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Will single port surgery where all instruments used are passed through the single port without the use of any 2 mm or 3 mm instruments for retraction or assistance replace conventional laparoscopy? Will the new SPL technique improve patient’s outcomes and saving cost? Are multiple abdominal wall incisions and laparoscopic ports a technique of the […]

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Olympus Corporation Wants To Acquire Gyrus Group > Endoscopes Married With Energy Device For Tissue Take Down And Fusion > Olympus Expands Medical Systems Business In Minimally Invasive Systems

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Are Japanese medical companies looking overseas in search of both markets and technology? Is the world’s biggest maker of endoscopes with 70% of the global market now targeting the disposable device segment? Is the device market for Minimally invasive surgeries in greater demand as societies around the world age?

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Laparoscopic and vaginal hysterectomies remain far less common > 538,000 hysterectomies performed for benign disease> Most hysterectomies still invasive procedures

Monday, November 19, 2007

Is vaginal hysterectomy still considered to be associated with the lowest morbidity? Will the rate of laparoscopic hysterectomies continue to increase? Is a vaginal hysterectomy chosen over a laparoscopic or abdominal approach inspite of the fact that laparoscopic surgery is associated with shorter length of stay, faster recovery and fewer postoperative infections?

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Johnson & Johnson Announces Changes > New Office of Strategy and Growth > Ethicon > Ethicon Endo-Surgery > DePuy > Diabetes > Cordis > Johnson & Johnson Vision Care > Ortho- Clinical Diagnostics

Friday, November 16, 2007

Is bigger really better? Is decentralization the right medicine for encouraging genuine innovation? What are the lessons learned from recent developments such as the stent fiasco?

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Johnson & Johnson today announced a series of organizational changes, including the creation of a new strategy and growth organization to sharpen its focus on […]

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