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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 […]

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 […]

Patient Receives New Incision-Free Weight-Loss Surgery > Transoral Gastroplasty TOGA Pivotal Trial > Surgery Performed Completely Through the Mouth > NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia > Endoscopic approach > Less pain > Quicker recovery > Shortened hospital stay > Decreased complications > Lack of scarring

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Is this new surgery an exciting option for severely overweight patients who do not respond to diet, exercise and drug therapy? Will the TOGA procedure help patients to lose weight and improve their health? Is TOGA an option for patients who are unable or unwilling to undergo more invasive surgery?

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Transgastric instrumentation > Bacterial contamination of the peritoneal cavity > Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery NOTES > Minimize risk of clinically significant peritoneal contamination > Gastrotomy Roux-en-Y gastric bypass LSRYGB > Gastrotomy with creation of a gastrojejunostomy during LSRYGB > Transgastric surgery > Endolumenal surgery > The Ohio State University School of Medicine and Public Health

Monday, August 25, 2008

Does transgastric instrumentation contaminate the abdominal cavity? Are pathogens clinically insignificant due to species or bacterial load? Is there the need to minimize the risk of clinically significant peritoneal contamination?

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Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is a rapidly evolving technique providing access to the peritoneum utilizing an endoscope via […]

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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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