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Olympus > First-Half Profit Falls 89% > Gyrus Costs > Endoscopes Married With Energy Device For Tissue Take Down And Fusion > Olympus Expands Medical Systems Business In Minimally Invasive Systems

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Is the world’s biggest maker of endoscopes with 70% of the global market now targeting the disposable device segment? Is the device market for Minimally invasive surgeries in greater demand as societies around the world age? Is the Gyrus PK System generator and instruments ability to cut and coagulate across a wide range of tissue […]

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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

What are the benefits of performing a cholecystectomy through a 20mm umbilical port that might increase the risk of abdominal wall complications? Will it be possible to reduce the size of the instruments and scopes to make them suitable for a smaller umbilical port? What role have flexible scopes with operative channels and endoscopic instruments?

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New surgical techniques > Avoid incisions altogether > Replace large incisions with several small ones > Shortening hospital stays and recovery time > Reducing pain and risks > Leaving much smaller scars > Incisionless Natural Orifice Surgery > NOTES needs closure > Nathaniel Soper > NOS natural orifice surgery products > NOSCAR Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessmen > NOTES > Natural Orifice Transgastric Endoscopic Surgery NOTES > No Scar Group SAGES > Navigation inside the stomach and abdominal cavity > Per vagina > Natural Orifice Surgery NOS

Wednesday, October 22, 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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Captivated > Idea of “no-scar” surgery > Flexible surgery > Incisionless procedures > Expanding minimally invasive treatment > Endoscopic surgery > Patient-friendly medical care technology > Reusable endoscope technology > Endoscopic specialties > Clinical effectiveness

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

How can a transoral plication and fastening be performed in an endolumenal NOTES and Noscar surgery for the treatment of GERD? Are we a long way from routine clinical applications of NOTES? What new instrumentation is vital for performing safe NOTES procedures such as the transoral plication and fastening together of portions of the stomach […]

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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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