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Category Archives: Keyhole surgery

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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

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

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 […]