With the FDA's approval of Medtronic's Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve and Ensemble Delivery System (see link), another step has been made toward eliminating traditional surgery — at least that's the idea. The ability to implant a valve via a percutaneous procedure advances the art of less invasive intervention in ways akin to laparoscopic surgery, albeit at [...]
The development of less invasive surgical procedures continues to move toward procedures that may be "incisionless" or only require small perforations to accommodate surgical tools. Principal among approaches that are under evaluation are NOTES procedures — Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery — in which access is provided endoscopically via the mouth or vagina. NOTES has [...]
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