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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.
And the […]

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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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Single port laparoscopy SPL > More surgeons perform SPL surgery > Triport > Quadport > Retention suture t-anchors > Single port access SPA > One Port Umbilicus Surgery OPUS > R-Port laparoscopic access device > Advanced Surgical Concepts ASC > Transumbilical nephrectomy and pyeloplasty > Needlescopic instruments > Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery NOTES

Monday, June 2, 2008

Is single port laparoscopy SPL positioned to be more successful than using the natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery NOTES approach? Is there any substantial advantage of SPL or NOTES over conventional laparoscopy and robotics? Are retention suture t-anchors to the lateral parietal peritoneum improving the SPL access for scarless single port transumbilical
nephrectomy and […]

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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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Endogun obtains FDA approval for soft tissue fastener > Licensed EndoFast Reliant Bladder Fixator to Cook Medical > Minimally invasive surgical procedures > Pelvic floor procedures in women > Biomedix Incubator Ltd BMDX > Portfolio company > Endogun Medical Systems Ltd > US Food and Drug Administration FDA approval > Internal soft-tissue fastener > Replaces current invasive procedures

Monday, April 28, 2008

Is the EndoFast device unique in the strength of attachment obtained? Are small, custom designed darts that are pushed into the tissue replacing time consuming suturing? Will a flexible version for endolumnal applications be feasible?

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Endogun has already obtained both FDA and EU CE Mark approval for its Endofast Reliant, […]

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Single Port Access SPA > Drexel University College Of Medicine > Surgery Case number 100 successfully done > Remove woman’s gallbladder through a single incision in belly button > Ovary removal done through SPA oopherectomy > More news at Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons SAGES > April 9-12 in Philadelphia

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Is the real benefit to the SPA technique that it allows surgeons to do the same laparoscopic procedure they’ve been doing for the past 15 years but through fewer incisions? Are fewer incisions better for the patient in terms of the amount of discomfort, recovery time, and scarring? Are surgeons and gynecologists interested in learning […]

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Laparoscopic surgery device development > Take concepts from nature and apply them to needs > Develop surgical adhesive tape > Avoids difficulties inherent in suturing > Ideal for tightly confined space > NOTES > Endoluminal applications > Scientists mimick gravity-defying pattern > Proof of principle

Monday, March 3, 2008

Will the clinical evaluations show that two segments of intestine can be glued to each other? Will the device provide a good seal that doesn’t leak? Does the concept need more development and incubation?

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…Geckos have millions of hair-like structures on each foot pad, which allow them to “stick” on […]

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