BACKGROUND: A feasibility study was undertaken with a new treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) that emulates surgical fundoplications and recreates the anti-reflux barrier by forming a one-way gastroesophageal valve. This new endoluminal fundoplication technique involves inserting the EsophyXTM device transorally with the goal of creating a 3–5cm, 180–270 circumference Valve by delivering multiple fasteners […]
Background: The endoscopic gastric perforation is a consequence of some endoscopic procedures and now a way to manage abdominal organs. This is the reason why endoscopists are studying a safe endoscopic repair.Methods: Ten White Landrace pigs underwent a gastric perforation of 1.8cm in diameter under general anesthesia. The opening was repaired with stitch assembled in […]
Introduction: Although translumenal procedures are minimally invasive, there are also various risks involved, such as the intraperitoneal biological and chemical contamination. This study presents a new device made in order to avoid this complication.Methods: Five White Landrace pigs weighing approximately 30 to 35 kg underwent the placement of a device consisting in an expandable sheath […]
Introduction: Weight gain after bypass can occur in up to 10% of patients 5 years following and in about 20% of patients 10 years following surgery. This phenomenon has been studied extensively, but there is often no one reason this occurs. Once psychological and dietary reasons have been investigated, revisional surgery may be the only […]
At present time the four-port approach to laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard treatment of gallstones. In the last 2 years new designed technologies made feasible the accomplishment of laparoscopic cholecystectomy through a single access. Such a scar-less procedure has several potential benefits (lesser pain, improved QoL, better cosmetics, reduced LoS) and almost none of […]