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Surgeons Use new NOTES devices > Complete Live Incisionless Appendectomy > NOTES Conference San Francisco > USGI Medical’s EndoSurgical Operating System > Successful Gastrotomy Closure Technique > Overcomes Main Hurdle > Widespread Adoption of Incisionless NOTES Surgery

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Does the ability to close a gastrotomy safely and securely from inside the stomach represent a major leap forward in Incisionless surgery? Will USGI’s products enable surgeons to perform truly scarless NOTES procedures? Has incisionless surgery technology advanced significantly in recent years with expandable tissue anchors that fit across the full thickness of the stomach […]

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Minimally Invasive Surgery > Reduced Risk of Hospital-Acquired Infections > Nosocomial Infection Marker NIM > Laparoscopy compared to Open Surgery > SAGES 2008 annual meeting > California Pacific Medical Center > Ethicon Endo-Surgery

Friday, April 11, 2008

Does this study give definitive evidence that laparoscopic surgery reduces the risk of nosocomial infection compared to open surgery? Will this evidence lead to improved patient care and reductions in costs? Does the high adoption rate for laparoscopic surgery lead to improved quality of care?

IIP > Read on here > http://www.prnewswire.com…
…Ethicon Endo-Surgery today […]

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