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EURO-NOTES Foundation > Awarded Research Funding > Twelve Winners From Across Europe > Attended by gastroenterologists and surgeons > Encouraging research into Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery NOTES > Developing field and further investigation is needed > Understand the full implications and opportunities for the patient > Exciting area of surgery > European Association for Endoscopic Surgery EAES > European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ESGE

Monday, October 6, 2008

Are the growing capabilities of therapeutic flexible endoscopy leading to a new era in treatment of gastrointestinal conditions? Are the most important areas for initial NOTES study safe peritoneal access and secure gastric closure, intraperitoneal contamination, image display and maintenance of spatial orientation, development of stable working platforms, physiologic perturbations, and tissue approximation methods?

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OverStitch endoscopic suture system > Apollo Endosurgery > Announces 510(k) Clearance > Flexible Endoscopic Suturing System > New surgical tool for endoscopic surgical procedures > Adapting suturing to a standard flexible endoscope platform > Fully disposable suturing system > Advanced endoscopist > Perform full thickness tissue apposition > Mimics laparoscopic suturing

Friday, October 3, 2008

Is a device with the capability to suture endoscopically a valuable tool for a variety of endolumenal GI procedures? Is the 510(k) clearance of the OverStitch endoscopic suture system a significant step towards making the benefits of endolumenal surgery a realistic therapeutic option? Will the OverStitch system will enable the advanced endoscopist to perform more […]

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No-Scar Surgery > Through the Mouth or Vagina > Removing gallbladders and appendixes > Natural orifice operations > Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery > Through-the-mouth appendectomy

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Are the plum-size gallbladders usually extracted through tiny holes in the abdomen, safe to be pulled out through the vagina? Does it makes sense to put a hole in a perfectly good organ? Will NOTES ever be embraced by the surgical community?

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…The unusual operation, performed at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia […]

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GI Dynamics > Clinical-stage medical device company > New noninvasive approaches to treat obesity > Type 2 diabetes > Related metabolic diseases > EndoBarrier technology > EndoBarrier Gastrointestinal Liner > Orally delivered > Removable device > Lines portion of small intestine > Immediate metabolic control with less risk

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Has GI Dynamics developed therapies resulting in weight loss and improved glycemic control? Is the technology designed to deliver immediate metabolic control by modifying metabolic pathways? Will EndoBarrier application data be presented at the 1st World Congress on Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes?

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Data from Clinical Trial of EndoBarrier(TM) […]

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Monday, September 8, 2008

Will the robots be able to navigate exactly where doctors direct it? Is it feasible to take highly detailed photos of possible trouble spots inside the human gastrointestinal GI sytem? Will it even be able to take tiny biopsies?

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…IN THE 1966 film “Fantastic Voyage”, a submarine carrying a team […]

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NOTES > TUES > TULA > NOTUS > IRCAD > EITS > Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Did Antony Kalloo, when he presented his experience in transgastric surgery in 2004, imagine that he and NOTES would be at the epicentre of a revolution in laparoscopic surgery? Did the ASGE and SAGES leaders, who created a working group to develop transluminal surgery, sense that this idea would have some repercussion on laparoscopic surgery? […]

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Monday, September 1, 2008

Does NOTES need mobile surgical tools? Is the ultimate goal to have a machine that a patient can swallow? Could we inject small structures that move and can do things on their own?

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A tiny handlike gripper that can grasp tissue or cell samples could make it easier for doctors […]

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