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Category Archives: Following open repair

Covidien > USSC > Tyco > FDA approval for laparoscopic kit > Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery SILS Procedure Kit > Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery NOTES > NOSCAR Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research > SILS for general surgery > Urologic gynecologic and bariatric surgery application > Peritoneal access > Suturing > Anastomotic devices > Single skin incision in patient’s umbilicus

Does the SILS kit enable incision-less surgery that will improve patient outcomes? Is the SILS NOTES product development an initiative that was launched in 2007 in response to the 2007 business results? Will the new products have an impact on the reported 2007 net loss of $342 million on sales of $10.2 billion?
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Minimally invasive surgery techniques replacing endoaneurysmorrhaphy > Laparoscopic permanent repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm AAA

Is elective surgical treatment of AAA the most reasonable approach to prevent the mortality associated with this disorder? Can abdominal aortic aneurysms be treated successfully by elective surgical replacement with synthetic graft in a laparoscopic procedure? Are the laparoscopic techniques well refined and ready for widespread adaptation?

Over the last decade, minimally invasive surgical techniques have […]