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Laparoscopic surgery leaves virtually no scar > Cleveland Clinic’s Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute > Single-port cannula with three working channels > Simultaneous passage of 5-mm instruments and scope > Uni-X Single-Port Laparoscopic System, Pnavel Systems > EndoEYE > Olympus Surgical > Ablative procedures > Reconstructive procedures

Monday, June 23, 2008

Does single-port surgery allow for the use of three channels that can admit a scope and two instruments? Is abdominal trauma further minimized using an natural orifice such as the umbilicus? Will the procedure becomes less challenging with improved flexible instruments?

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Cleveland—Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic’s Glickman Urological & Kidney […]

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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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No Scar Not Far > GERD > New Hybrid Laparoscopic Endoluminal Treatment Options

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

If in May 2008 a patient needs to decide on how to treat GERD, what will be the treatment of choice? Will the patient go on the internet and look up state-of-the-art surgical treatment options? Will this accelerate adaptation of new minimally invasive techniques and will the physician community be responding in a pro-active attitude […]

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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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EndoGastric Solutions > Results Of EsophyX > Multi-Center GERD Study > Acid Reflux > GERD > GastroIntestinal > Gastroenterology > Laparoscopic Surgery > NOTES > NOSCAR > Laparoscopic Bypass Surgery > Obesity > Faster Recovery

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Are the outcomes of the new procedures justifying widespread adoption of the technique? Does the device enable anatomical repair without incisions for surgical management of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) patients? Is EsophyX a technology that advances the treatment of GERD forward?

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EndoGastric Solutions, the world leader in natural orifice surgery […]

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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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…KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc., a global leader in endoscopy products and solutions for operating room integration, […]

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Gallbladder Removal > Through the Mouth > Few Adverse Effects > Northwestern University > Transgastric > Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery NOTES > Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons SAGES > USGI > Covidien > Power Medical > Karl Storz Endoscopy America > Ethicon Endo-Surgery

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Will NOTES patients compared with patients who undergo laparoscopic procedures have even shorter length of stay in the hospital and even more of a favorable recovery in terms of pain? Will it take a large number of patients to show these improvements? Does going through the stomach make more sense than going through the rectum?
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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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Twenty-five years ago, typical appendectomy patients could expect […]

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