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ORLive NOTES Webcast > Innovations in Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery > NOTES and Endolumenal Techniques > Live Webcast From NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital > November 28, 2007 7:00 PM EST

Is Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) entering into a new phase? Is the marriage of laparoscopic and interventional endoscopic techniques resulting in MIS procedures that are less invasive, safer, and achieve better outcomes for patients? What are the advances in endolumenal techniques, including Natural Orifice Translumenal Endolumenal Surgery NOTES?

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In April 2007, […]

Bovine collagen injections in the GE tract > Curon Medical’s Stretta device > NDO Plicator > Enteryx Boston Scientific > Gatekeeper Medtronic > Wilson-Cook endoscopic suturing device > EsophyX EndoGastric Solutions > What’s next?

Where are GERD therapies going from here? When will the reimbursement policies for endoluminal therapies change? Is the lack of coverage and efficacy data going to slow down the application of new techniques?

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…three different endoluminal procedures are being used…to treat GERD patients: endoscopic suturing with the NDO Plicator (NDO […]

NOTES start-up company receives $11.5 million venture capital > Apollo Group consists of Drs. Anthony Kalloo and Sergey Kantsevoy of Johns Hopkins University > Christopher Gostout of the Mayo Clinic > Peter Cotton and Robert Hawes of Medical University of South Carolina > Sydney Chung of Chinese University of Hong Kong > Jay Pasricha of University of Texas Medical Branch

How many new start-up companies will we see in the emerging field of NOTES surgery? Are centers for technology development of universities and medical schools the key to bringing new ideas to life? Are collaborating physician groups a new trend in the funding of new medical device ideas?

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…Two venture firms […]

Christopher C. Thompson, MD, Guest Faculty at advancedlaparoscopy.com > Lee Swanstrom, MD > NOSCAR Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research

Has a new dimension been added to minimally invasive surgery that eliminates complications associated with traditional surgery such as postoperative abdominal wall pain, wound infections, hernias, adhesions, and impaired immune function? Are second generation devices currently being evaluated and have any of the prototypes been proven to be more feasible for clinical application?

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