Is The Future Of Surgery Painless And Scarless? May 21, 2008
8 mm) accessory channel of a flexible gastroscope without requiring withdrawal of the endoscope. Unlike other suturing devices, it does not require loading onto the endoscope before use, it is much smaller in diameter, and it does not interfere with endoscope flexibility or function. (Science Daily)
Finances dominate hospital board meeting Apr 19, 2008
A video gastroscope for the surgery department costing $24,200. It is used in endoscopic procedures and will replace a damaged one. (Bainbridge Post Searchlight, GA)
OCH remodeling project underway, facility again meets "Gold Standard" Feb 11, 2008
Four private rooms will be added to that area for surgical patients, and for colonoscopy and gastroscope patients to recover. Two new labor and delivery/post-partum and recovery rooms for the mothers and babies round out this part of the overall project. (Ocheyedan Press Melvin News, IA)
Las Vegas night life highlights Gala XVIII Jan 25, 2007
Gala proceeds have funded equipment purchases through the years including a new Medical Telemetry Monitoring System, a Holter Monitoring System, a new video endoscopy system for general and orthopedic surgery, TotalCare ICU beds and ventilators, a Dexascan unit for osteoporosis screening, a pulmonary function system, a gastroscope and a colonoscope for diagnostic testing, a cryostat for on-site frozen section evaluation of biopsies, a portable X-ray unit, and a patient education system.... (Bainbridge Post Searchlight, GA)
Doctors have 'great difficulty' in removing utensil from esophagus Jan 1, 2007
An X-ray and camera gastroscope revealed the implement stuck in her throat at the top of her stomach. According to the Sunday Telegraph, several doctors recommended surgery to remove the spoon, but two others, Bernard Beldholm and Alice Lee worked out a successful strategy to lasso the spoon and pull it out the way it went in. (WorldNetDaily)
