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Category Archives: Minimally invasive and open surgical procedures

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?

IIP > read on here > http://health.ucsd.edu…
…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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USGI Medical > Licenses Incisionless Surgery Technology > Intuitive Surgical > Endosurgical Operating System EOS > Endolumenal procedures within the GI tract > Translumenal procedures > NOTES Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery > TransPort Multi-lumen Operating Platform > g-Prox(R) Tissue Grasper and Approximation Device > expandable tissue anchors

Monday, May 12, 2008

Will USGI’s technical and clinical development including their intellectual property combined with Intuitive’s robotic capabilities lead to the development of NOTES robotic products? Will the license agreement help to establish the EOS as the leading, most complete surgical platform for Incisonless Surgery? Will mechanical and robotic solutions complement each other and together advance the field […]

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Minimally Invasive Surgery > Reduced Risk of Hospital-Acquired Infections > Nosocomial Infection Marker NIM > Laparoscopy compared to Open Surgery > SAGES 2008 annual meeting > California Pacific Medical Center > Ethicon Endo-Surgery

Friday, April 11, 2008

Does this study give definitive evidence that laparoscopic surgery reduces the risk of nosocomial infection compared to open surgery? Will this evidence lead to improved patient care and reductions in costs? Does the high adoption rate for laparoscopic surgery lead to improved quality of care?

IIP > Read on here > http://www.prnewswire.com…
…Ethicon Endo-Surgery today […]

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