EndoNurse Magazine - Surgery

Some Endoscopy Patients at High Risk for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

About a third of patients undergoing outpatient endoscopy procedures are at a high risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a prospective study published in the December issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. ...More

December 22, 2009

Posted in News, Industry Issues

IV Lidocaine Improves Pain Control after Ambulatory Surgery

Low doses of intravenous lidocaine may offer a safe, inexpensive, and effective option for improving pain control after minimally invasive or minor surgery. ...More

December 10, 2009

Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures

Hospital Performs Colectomy Via Single-Incision Surgery

Saint Louis University Hospital recently performed one of the first total abdominal colectomies, including reconstruction of the intestinal tract by reconnection of the remaining small intestine to the rectum, via single-incision laparoscopy. ...More

December 2, 2009

Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures

Medical Teams Extract Rectal Mass Through Anus

On Nov. 9, 2009, a team of surgeons carried out the first surgical removal of a rectal mass using the NOTES (natural orifice transluminal endoscopy surgery) approach and TEM (transanal endoscopic microsurgery) technique in the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. ...More

December 1, 2009

Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures

OSHA Issues Directive to Address Flu Prevention for Healthcare Workers

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a compliance directive to ensure uniform procedures when conducting inspections to identify and minimize or eliminate high to very high risk occupational exposures to the 2009 ...More

November 20, 2009

Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues

Study: Laparoscopic Surgery Effective Against Rectal-Cancer

Laparoscopic surgery has been used in the treatment of intestinal disorders for close to 20 years, but its benefits have only recently begun to be extended to people with rectal cancer. ...More

November 10, 2009

Posted in News, Disorders, Procedures

Olympus Introduces VisiGlide, a Single-Use Guidewire

Olympus today announced the availability of VisiGlide , its new single use guidewire developed with advanced technology from Terumo Corporation to facilitate ERCP procedures performed by gastroenterologists. ...More

October 27, 2009

Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures

Mayo Clinic Tests NOTES Endoscopic Ulcer Repair

Mayo Clinic surgical researchers are reporting a 93-percent success rate in recent animal tests of endoscopic repair of perforated ulcers by natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES). ...More

October 14, 2009

Posted in News, Procedures

Infliximab Reduces Need for Colectomy

Ulcerative colitis patients had a 41-percent reduction in colectomy after one year when treated with infliximab, an artificial antibody that works by blocking tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFa), according to a Mayo Clinic study published in the October 2009 issue of ...More

October 2, 2009

Posted in News, Procedures

Olympus Donates $250,000 to NOTES Research

Olympus Medical Systems Corporation recently funded another $250,000 in grants for Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery® (NOTES) research. The grant increases Olympus' total funding to $1.25 million. ...More

July 13, 2009

Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures

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