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EndoGastric Solutions > Approaches 1,500 Completed Natural Orifice Surgery (NOS) Cases > NOS procedures > EGS’ EsophyX TIF procedure for treating GERD > Gaining popularity > Emulate proven surgical principles > Using transoral approach > NOTES Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery > Performing surgery from within > Completely without external incisions or internal dissection > Durable results approximate laparoscopic surgical procedures

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Is NOS gaining momentum both with surgeons and with patients? Are EGS devices driving adoption of NOS and what is
widely regarded as the future of surgery? Is patient demand continuing to grow?

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…EndoGastric Solutions (EGS), the recognized leader in the emerging field of Natural Orifice Surgery (NOS), today announced that […]

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Transoral endoscopic anchor placement system > Gastric bypass pouch and stoma reduction > Successful feasibility study > Technology assessment > Daniel Herron > Desmond Birkett > Chris Thompson > Marc Bessler > Lee Swanström

Thursday, August 14, 2008

How successful is the technology for the clinical circumstances for which it is being evaluated? Will there be a technology assessment by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ASGE following the feasibility of reducing the stoma diameter using transoral endoscopic suturing techniques? Will there be an adequate randomized clinical trial in the near future to […]

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As America Gets Bigger > Serious social and psychological dimensions > National Eating Disorder > Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC > Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity > National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHANES > Diabetes mellitus > Cardiovascular disease > Hypertension and stroke > Certain forms of cancer > Increased risk of premature death > Serious chronic conditions > Reduced overall quality of life

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Is surgical treatment for obesity a good and effective treatment for preventing the life-threatening complications and serious degenerative problems associated with pathological obesity? Do drug and medical device companies cash in to unprecedented degrees? Will overweight- and obesity-attributable spending continue to increase and government will continue to finance a sizable portion?

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TriPort device > Advanced Surgical Concept > New Procedure To Revolutionize Donor Nephrectomy > Kidney Live Donor Surgery > NBC Today Show > Bellybutton procedure > Surgical scar hidden by bellybutton

Friday, August 1, 2008

Will surgeons use the TriPort to develop a new generation of procedures that reduce surgical trauma and scars? will the reduction in trauma and scars result in an increase in the number of patients willing to provide transplant kidneys and other organs? Is there any substantial advantage of SPL or NOTES over conventional laparoscopy and […]

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Hybrid laparoscopic endoluminal reduction of stomach volume > Morbidly obese patients > Revolutionize traditional flexible endoscopy > Transluminal approach > Stoma is introduced transesophageally > Installation of the stoma > Reducing the gastric volume > Stoma has an adjustable opening

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Is stapling of the stomach a technique in an evolutionary dead-end? Will new endoluminal devices lower the treatment risk for obese patients? Is NOTES the treatment answer for morbidly obese patients?

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Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) avoids the need for abdominal incisions. The technique holds promise for many […]

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Closure of a gastrotomy > NOTES needs closure > Stable Platform > Organ retraction > Secure grasping > Energy source > Triangulation > Tissue approximation

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

What devices are needed for accessing digestive or other organs within the gastrointestinal tract and within the peritoneal cavity? What are the complications when instruments are passed into the gastrointestinal tract and out of the stomach for performing diagnostic or therapeutic surgical procedures? What is the early clinical experiencewith flexible endoscopic suturing techniques for […]

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Closure of a gastrotomy > Transgastric tubal ligation > Olympus Medical > Eagle Claw VII > Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery NOTES > Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research NOSCAR > Survival experiment in a porcine model > Institute of Digestive Disease > The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Tuesday, July 29, 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? Do […]

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