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Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies Volume 14 Issue 6

Subject Areas: Surgery
Publisher: Taylor & Francis - Taylor & Francis
ISSN: 1365-2931
SJR: 46

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Animal test on infrared image‐guided percutaneous hot saline injection therapy

Gui, Lin; Liu, Jing

2005 Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied technologies

doi:10.1080/13645700500393847 pmid:16754178

Percutaneous Hot Saline Injection Therapy (PSIT) has recently been proved to be a powerful minimally invasive way to destroy malignant tumor cells. However, this approach may also possibly cause thermal injury to the surrounding normal tissues during the treatment. For example, an excessive or...
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A multi‐centre survey on the team concept of instrument design in gyn‐endoscopy

Jinadu, O.

2005 Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied technologies

doi:10.1080/136457000500407456 pmid:16754179

The objective of this study is to evaluate the current role of gynaecologists in the design of gynaecological endoscopic instruments. The study is a cross –sectional observational study conducted in the UK, the USA, Canada & Germany. Each leader of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in...
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Endovascular training for obstetrician‐gynecologists: Suggestions for credentialing

Mclucas, B.

2005 Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies

doi:10.1080/13645700500393896 pmid:16754180

This article suggests guidelines for training and credentialing of obstetrician‐gynecologists to perform endovascular procedures. It concentrates on the performance of uterine artery embolization for symptomatic myomata. Comparison is made between other recommended case numbers for credentialing...
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Microsystems in medicine – results of an international survey

Schostek, S.; Fischer, H.; Kalanovic, D.; Schurr, M. O.

2005 Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied technologies

doi:10.1080/13645700500393870 pmid:16754182

The utilization of microsystems technology (MST) in medical applications is instrumental in opening up new market segments, in the creation of novel, more effective diagnosis and therapy options in medicine, as well as in the further development of MST. However, the players in the healthcare...
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Voice recognition interfaces (VRI) optimize the utilization of theatre staff and time during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

El‐Shallaly, G. E. H.; Mohammed, B.; Muhtaseb, M. S.; Hamouda, A. H.; Nassar, A. H. M.

2005 Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied technologies

doi:10.1080/13645700500381685 pmid:16754183

During laparoscopy, members of staff spend time setting up and de‐activating the light source, camera and insufflator. Voice Recognition Interface (VRI) devices, such as HERMES (Stryker Europe, Montreux, Switzerland), enable the surgeon to perform and control these and other functions. They...
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Endovascular stent placement for malignant stenosis and occlusion of the bilateral iliac veins and inferior vena cava after failure of radiation therapy

Hama, Yukihiro; Kaji, Tatsumi; Hayakawa, Masamichi; Kosuda, Shigeru

2005 Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied technologies

doi:10.1080/13645700500381362 pmid:16754184

A 70‐year‐old woman with advanced ureteral carcinoma was referred due to stenosis and occlusion of the bilateral iliac veins and inferior vena cava after failure of radiation therapy. We successfully placed endovascular stents in the bilateral iliac veins and the inferior vena cava. The stents...
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Use of real‐time magnetic resonance image guidance in endoscopic sinus surgery

Suzuki, M.; Sakurai, H.; Seno, S.; Kitanishi, T.; Shimizu, T.; Nishida, Y.; Morikawa, H.; Inubushi, T.; Kitano, H.

2005 Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied technologies

doi:10.1080/13645700500381511 pmid:16754185

We evaluated the effectiveness of magnetic resonance image (MRI) guidance using an optical tracking system (MRI‐guided therapy: MRT) in performing endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). The profiles of the fourteen patients in the present study were as follows: eleven with mucocele in the paranasal...

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