Laparoscopic in Medical News

Robot improves suture proficiency more rapidly for surgeons inexperienced in laparoscopic techniques

CHICAGO (April 20, 2009) New research published in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons suggests that, among surgeons inexperienced in laparoscopic techniques, closing incisions using robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) requires less time to learn and resu...

Treating appendicitis by laparoscopic surgery may not be worth the cost

CHICAGO (February 2, 2009) New research published in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons suggests that a traditional, "open" appendectomy may be preferable to a less-invasive laparoscopic appendectomy for the majority of patients with acute appendicitis, contra...

Cadence Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Topline Results of Phase III Clinical Trial of Acetavance in Laparoscopic Surgery

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CADX ) today announced positive topline results from Study 304, a Phase III clinical trial of Acetavance(TM), the company's intravenous formulation of acetaminophen, for the treatment of acute pain following abdo...

Patients Pleased With Laparoscopic GERD Surgery

Anti-reflux procedure improved quality of life, cut need for 2nd treatment FRIDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- High levels of patient satisfaction and low rates of re-surgery were found in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) who had minimally invasive laparoscopic fundo...

Novare Announces Completion of 100th Single Port Laparoscopic Procedure Using RealHand(R) High Dexterity (HD) Instruments

General Surgeons, Gynecologists and Urologists Have Performed 15 Different Types of Single Port Surgeries; Recent 'First-Ever' Procedures Include Single Port Nissen Fundoplication, Colectomy, Prostatectomy and Splenectomy CUPERTINO, Calif., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Novare Surgical Systems ann...

North Texas Surgeons Lead Robotically Assisted Laparoscopic Surgeries.

North Texas surgeons lead robotically assisted laparoscopic surgeries. A robot can easily gain access to some inaccessible places in the body. Laparoscopic surgeons at// UT Southwestern Medical Center successfully performed robotically assisted laparoscopic gastric-bypass and colon-resections surge...

World’s First Pediatric Laparoscopic Liver Surger

Mark Thomas, MD, an assistant professor and transplant surgeon at the University of Cincinnati (UC) is credited with performing the first pediatric laparoscopic liver// surgery. This procedure is a specialized surgery that removes tumors in the liver without first performing an incision. The operat...

New Laparoscopic Surgery to Correct Vaginal Vault Prolapse Is Effectual Than the Conventional Surgery

According to a research conducted by researchers at the Mayo Clinic it was found that surgical robot assisted laparoscopic surgery for vaginal vault prolapses was very effective when compared to the conventional open surgery. // This surgery is mainly done to prevent the collapse of the vagina a...

Gastric Bypass And Laparoscopic Reflux Surgery Gaining Popularity

Surgical procedures of the gastrointestinal tract such as gastric bypass and laparoscopic reflux surgery for treatment of obesity and gastroesophageal reflux// disease respectively, are becoming popular, highlights a study presented at the Digestive Disease Week, which represents the largest gather...

Higher incidence of bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has rapidly substituted traditional cholecystectomy, and represents the gold standard for surgical treatment of cholelithiasis. Bile duct injury (BDI) remains the most serious //complication of cholecystectomy. According to a recent survey, published in the Octob...

Misonix Announces the Sale of Its Labcaire Business for up to $5.6 Million

... be in excess of $3 billion annually; Misonix's proprietary ultrasonic medical devices are used for wound debridement, cosmetic surgery, neurosurgery, laparoscopic surgery, and other surgical and medical applications. Additional information is available on the Company's Web site at www.misonix.com . Wi...

Tennessee's New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery Launches Comprehensive Website Reaching out to Sufferers of Morbid Obesity

...ffer all approved bariatric operations. The center was founded in 2002 by Stephen Boyce, MD, a bariatric and general surgeon with training in advanced laparoscopic surgery in addition to a Masters Certification in Bariatric Surgery. In 2006, Dr. Boyce was joined by weight loss surgeon K. Robert Williams, MD in th...

Oscar Award Winner, Dr. A.R. Rahman inaugurates Apollo Children's Hospital - the First Standalone Quaternary Care Paediatric Hospital in the Apollo Hospitals Group

...er-speciality services offered at Apollo Children's Hospital includes Paediatric Cardiology, Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Paediatric Surgery (including laparoscopic surgery), Paediatric Urology, Paediatric Neurology and Neuro Surgery, Paediatric Nephrology, Paediatric Orthopaedics and Paediatric Gastroenterology, ...

Encision Reports Profitable First Fiscal Quarter Results

...e and patient safety during a broad range of surgical procedures. Based in Boulder, Colorado, the Company pioneered the development of patented AEM(R) laparoscopic Instruments to improve electrosurgery and reduce the chance for patient injury in minimally invasive surgery. In accordance with the safe harb...

Study Finds Weight-Loss Surgery Safer Than Thought

...een reported. The study, which looked at both gastric bypass surgery and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (lap-band surgery), found that the risk of death...he following types of bariatric surgery: lap-band surgery (1,198 patients), laparoscopic gastric bypass (2,975 patients), open gastric bypass (437 patients) or anot...

Houston Northwest Medical Center's Bariatric Program Rated Top 15% in the Nation by HealthGrades

...rends in American Hospitals Study, which analyzes patient outcomes for the most common weight loss procedures including gastric bypass, less invasive laparoscopic procedures including gastric banding, malabsorbtive procedures and combined malabsorbtive/restrictive procedures. The study found that wide gaps in pa...

Study: Bariatric surgery patients have 67 percent lower chance of complications at top hospitals

...al types of weight loss procedures. The HealthGrades study analyzed the outcomes of the most common including gastric bypass procedures, less invasive laparoscopic procedures including gastric banding, malabsorbtive procedures and combined malabsorbtive/restrictive procedures. Due to the growing number of obes...

St. John's Hospital Acquires Latest Technology in Robotic-Assisted Surgery

...ing for the depth perception necessary to manipulate tissue. Unlike normal laparoscopic surgery, the surgeon has a full-range of motion and the same direct eye-han...zed. If there are problems with the robot, it can be undocked and a normal laparoscopic procedure can be completed," added Dr. Schwartz. St. John's has ...

Misonix Receives First Award for Forensic Equipment in China

... be in excess of $3 billion annually; Misonix's proprietary ultrasonic medical devices are used for wound debridement, cosmetic surgery, neurosurgery, laparoscopic surgery, and other surgical and medical applications. Additional information is available on the Company's Web site at www.misonix.com . ...

Fran Lunger Joins Linden as Operating Partner

...ent at Raychem Corporation where he launched the medical division and established a joint venture with U.S. Surgical (Covidien) for the development of laparoscopic surgical instruments. Mr. Lunger started his healthcare career at Baxter International where he worked on the team that built Travenol into a $600 mi...

NOSCAR(R) Increases NOTES(R) Research with Olympus Medical Systems Corporation Grant

.... To address this emerging technology, a working group consisting of expert laparoscopic surgeons from SAGES and a group of expert interventional endoscopists repre...ed in a new era in treatment of gastrointestinal conditions. Refinements in laparoscopic surgery have progressed to the point that complex surgical procedures, such...

NOSCAR announces NOTES multicenter human trials in the US

...R leadership is currently finalizing the design for a prospective multicenter trial of NOTES cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) versus conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy. NOSCAR will be granting funds to selected institutions to conduct these trials. Institutions participating in the trial have demons...

NOSCAR(R) Announces NOTES(R) Multicenter Human Trials in the U.S.

...stectomy (gallbladder removal) versus conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy. NOSCAR will be granting funds to...g technology, a working group consisting of expert laparoscopic surgeons from SAGES and a group of expert interven...ent of gastrointestinal conditions. Refinements in laparoscopic surgery have progressed to the point that complex ...

Canonsburg Woman Undergoes Robot-Assisted Weight Loss Procedure at AGH

...e-of-the-art device that is revolutionizing the field of minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery, the da Vinci Robotic Surgical System features robotic arms equippe..., arthritis, sleep apnea and stroke. With both conventional and robotic laparoscopic surgery, weight loss procedures can be performed through just a few small i...

UT Southwestern, UT Arlington to develop magnetic surgery tools

...e to surgeons that improves clinical outcomes." laparoscopic surgeries involve multiple instruments inserted in... one large incision as with traditional surgeries. laparoscopic surgeries have become standard procedure for remov...besity-related surgeries; however, a limitation of laparoscopic surgery is the restricted movement of the device o...

Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Expert, Dr. Paul Cirangle, Speaks at Annual American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Meeting

...ved to be the future procedure of weight loss surgery. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 9, 2009 - Paul Cirangle, MD, FACS, of laparoscopic Associates of San Francisco, was honored to speak at the annual American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) meeting held in Grapevi...

B-Line Medical(R) and Surgical Science Sign Data Integration Agreement for LapSim(R) Simulator

...c, high-quality virtual reality tools for the training and certification of laparoscopic surgeons. The integration of the two products will serve as a signific...velops high-quality tools for the Assessment, Training and Certification of laparoscopic surgeons. Using Virtual Reality based systems, surgeons and OR staff can b...

MRI May Help Find Deep Endometriosis

... "MRI findings accurately ruled out deep endometriosis in patients with superficial endometriosis, allowing the surgeon to perform the less-invasive laparoscopic procedure," the study's lead author, Dr. Nathalie Hottat, from the radiology department of Erasme Hospital in Brussels, Belgium, said in a news releas...

MRI Accurately Depicts Deep Endometriosis

...hat MRI findings accurately ruled out deep endometriosis in patients with superficial endometriosis, allowing the surgeon to perform the less invasive laparoscopic procedure." Colon wall involvement was present in 32 percent of patients with deep endometriosis. MRI was effective at distinguishing differe...

MRI accurately depicts deep endometriosis

...hat MRI findings accurately ruled out deep endometriosis in patients with superficial endometriosis, allowing the surgeon to perform the less invasive laparoscopic procedure." Colon wall involvement was present in 32 percent of patients with deep endometriosis. MRI was effective at distinguishing different lay...

Simbionix Signs Agreement With the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery

... training materials and assessment tools for a new laparoscopic Skills Curriculum. Since its founding in 19...ive assessment tools for standardizing training in laparoscopic surgery. To address this need, the EAES has developed a multi-year plan to build a European laparoscopic Skills Curriculum (LSS), which will comprise both ...

Misonix Announces Participation in 2nd International Workshop on Focal Therapy

... be in excess of $3 billion annually; Misonix's proprietary ultrasonic medical devices are used for wound debridement, cosmetic surgery, neurosurgery, laparoscopic surgery, and other surgical and medical applications. Additional information is available on the Company's Web site at www.misonix.com . With...

Obese Poor Shut Out From Weight-Loss Surgeries

... surgery may work just as well for older patients as it does for younger ones. Researchers found that morbidly obese seniors age 65 and older who had laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery lost about 76 percent of their excess body weight and had no more complications than younger patients. "Bariatric surgery in...

Weight-Loss Surgery Safe, Effective Type 2 Diabetes Treatment

...oked at gastric banding, another common weight-loss procedure. Researchers from New York University School of Medicine examined 95 patients who had laparoscopic gastric banding between January 2002 and January 2004. About 88 percent were taking oral diabetes medication and 15 percent were on insulin. After...

Misonix Subsidiary, Sonora Medical Systems, Achieves ISO 17025 Accreditation

... be in excess of $3 billion annually; Misonix's proprietary ultrasonic medical devices are used for wound debridement, cosmetic surgery, neurosurgery, laparoscopic surgery, and other surgical and medical applications. Additional information is available on the Company's Web site at www.misonix.com . With...

JourneyLite of Houston Receives Center of Excellence Accreditation

...am. These accredited outpatient centers offer the laparoscopic adjustable gastric band procedure, also known as t...abase. The JourneyLite surgery facility focuses on laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and is located in north...d States of surgical treatment for obesity through laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB). The goal of Jou...

Applied Medical Selected by the Premier Healthcare Alliance to Highlight Commitment to Healthcare Quality Improvement, Innovation

...ur newest solutions featuring enabling technology that has the potential to become the gold standard for the establishment of pneumoperitoneum for any laparoscopic procedure." Fios(R) first entry combines the benefits of an Optical Trocar with the functionality of pre-insufflation. Under direct vision, the ...

Misonix Announces the Purchase of Patents From ProRhythm, Inc.

... be in excess of $3 billion annually; Misonix's proprietary ultrasonic medical devices are used for wound debridement, cosmetic surgery, neurosurgery, laparoscopic surgery, and other surgical and medical applications. Additional information is available on the Company's Web site at www.misonix.com . With...

Abdominal Surgery May Become Easier for Patients

...urgery (NOTES), causes less pain than conventional laparoscopic surgery and offers a much faster recovery time, ex...ve Disease Week conference in Chicago. Standard laparoscopic gastrectomy requires five to seven larger incision...nfections and hernias. "Compared to traditional laparoscopic techniques in which patients experience a high inc...

Innovia Receives FDA Clearance For The InnoPort(TM)

... medical device will facilitate single port access laparoscopic surgery MIAMI, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovia...e InnoPort is inserted into the abdomen to perform laparoscopic surgery through one small incision--instead of mul... efficacy in the rapidly expanding single incision laparoscopic space and are confident that physicians will agree...