Amir Szold, MD, FACS. Assia Medical Group, Tel Aviv, Israel, and Human Extensions Inc., Netanya, Israel. Objective: Laparoscopic instruments have limited degrees of freedom and are not ergonomic. This results in severe limitations in performing complex, and even simple tasks in surgery, limiting many surgeons from performing a variety of minimally invasive procedures. Our goal […]
Laurent Biertho, MD, Stefane Lebel, MD, Frederic Hould, MD, Simon Marceau, MD, Santiago Horgan, MD, P Omelanczuk, MD, R Onguay, MD, M Sanchez, MD, N Pampillon, MD, C Penutto, MD, V Lasagni, MD, S Omelanczuk, MD, A Grigaites, MD, R Buxhoeveden, MD, V Gorodner, MD, E Santo, MD, S Fishman, MD, N Bouvy, MD, G […]
Declan M Soden, PhD, Michael O’Riordan, MD, FRCSI, FRCSI, Patrick Forde, PhD, Michael Bourke, MD, FRCSI. Mercy University Hospital. Background: ‘Electroporation’ is a term used to describe the permeabilization of the cell membrane following the application of short and intense electric fields across the cell membrane. When it is used in combination with chemotherapeutic drugs […]
Johannes Zachaerl, Bonavina Luigi, Amol Babaye, Ralf Kiesslich, Sebastian Schoppmann, William Kessler, Don Selzer, Michael S Epstein, MD, Glen Lehman, Santiago Horgan, MD. University of California San Diego. OBJECTIVE: Both long-term PPI use and surgical fundoplication have drawbacks as treatments for chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). This study evaluated the clinical experiences of 69 patients […]
G F Paulus, MD, T Verlaan, MD, E M Mathus-Vliegen, MD, PhD, E A Veldhuyzen, J M Conchillo, MD, PhD, P Fockens, N D Bouvy, MD, PhD. Maastricht University Medical Center, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam. Background Endoscopic volume reduction of the stomach may provide a minimal-invasive alternative for surgical procedures in the treatment of obesity […]