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Satiety > Transoral Gastroplasty > NOTES > NOSCAR > Treatment of Morbid Obesity > TOGA™ > Study not yet open for participant recruitment > Primary Outcome Measures > Proportion of subjects with ≥ 25% EWL Excess Weight Loss > Cedars-Sinai Medical Center > Washington University in St. Louis > University of Texas Medical School at Houston > Columbia University Medical Center > Erasme Hospital Brussels

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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…The TOGA™ trial is a prospective, multi-center, randomized sham-controlled trial designed to determine the safety and effectiveness of the TOGA System for the treatment of morbid obesity. The study will also determine the effect of the treatment on co-morbidities and quality of life.
Subjects will be blinded to treatment or […]

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KARL STORZ > Major Grant to Fund GI Research > Development of Promising Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery NOTES > NOSCAR research contributes to safe adoption of new technique

Friday, April 18, 2008

Would the necessary research to further NOTES be possible without these types of industry grants? What progress in research has been made? Are the NOTES surgery techniques moving forward more rapidly than initially anticipated?

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…KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc., a global leader in endoscopy products and solutions for operating room integration, […]

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ES Vascular > Receives CE Mark > OAS system > Aortic Stapler for End-to-End Anastomosis > One-shot > Anastomotic stapling devices for open surgery > Staples synthetic Graft and Aorta > Open Surgical Repair > Aortic Aneurysmal and Occlusive Disease > OAS clinical trial program > Augusta Hospital Dusseldorf

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

When will the aortic stapler be available for sale? Will the positive clinical data position OAS to be a break-through product? Will the standardized anastomosis of the OAS system make the suturing skills of the surgeon less demanding?

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ES Vascular Ltd. announced…that it has received a CE Mark approval for […]

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