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100 % primary hemostasis rate and improved management of rebleeding with OTSC® used as first line therapy

Lamberts R and colleagues, HELIOS Park-Hospital, Department II for Internal Medicine, Leipzig, Germany, conducted a retrospective study examining success rates in hemostasis of acute upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding with the OTSC System as first or second line therapy in patients…

OTSC safe and effective for treatment of leak at the tip of the “J” ileal pouch

OTSC® System – Ovesco Endoscopy AG

66.6 % of patients with leaking from the “J” of the tip of an ileo-anal pouch anastomosis were spared surgery by use of the OTSC®

The tip of the “J” ileal pouch is the vulnerable location for leak after restorative proctocolectomy, which has normally been treated with surgery.

Lian L and Shen B, Interventional IBD Center, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute,…

OTSC safe and effective for treatment of leak at the tip of the “J” ileal pouch

66.6 % of patients with leaking from the “J” of the tip of an ileo-anal pouch anastomosis were spared surgery by use of the OTSC®

The tip of the “J” ileal pouch is the vulnerable location for leak after restorative proctocolectomy, which has normally been treated with surgery.

Lian L and Shen B, Interventional IBD Center, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH,…

Clinical experience with the remOVE System, a bipolar cutting device for OTSC® removal

Bauder M et al., Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Ludwigsburg Hospital, Ludwigsburg, Germany, presented a clinical study evaluating OTSC removal with the remOVE System.

OTSC (or FTRD) removal may be indicated when OTSC/FTRD-associated complications occur, when the clip was misplaced, re-therapy after full-thickness resection is needed or an OTSC-fixed stent has to be removed. The…

Systematic review: leaks and fistulae after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy successfully closed by OTSC® in 86.3 %

leaks and fistulae after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy successfully closed by OTSC® in 86.3 %

A systematic literature review evaluating efficacy and safety of the OTSC System in the management of leak and fistula after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) was published by Shoar S et al., Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, department of surgery, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Icahn School of…

Multicenter experience comparing simple suction and OTSC® Twin Grasper®

Kobara H and colleagues, Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan performed a retrospective study examining 58 consecutive patients undergoing OTSC placement for gastrointestinal defect closure in 5 medical centers.

The overall rates of technical success, clinical success, complications and procedure time were analysed as major outcomes.…

Closure of acute GI defects with OTSC® successful in more than 75 % of patients of an unselected cohort

Raithel M and colleagues, Department of Medicine II, University Erlangen, Germany presented data from three tertiary referral centers with 24-h emergency endoscopy (Erlangen, Wuerzburg, Fuerth) on patients receiving OTSC® therapy for acute gastrointestinal wall defects.

Unselected consecutive patients presenting with acute non-surgical perforations, postoperative anastomotic leaks or inadvertent…

OTSC has long been described in the scientific literature as a highly effective device for the treatment of upper GI hemorrhage. Now a randomized-controlled trial at 9 academic referral centers (in Germany, Switzerland, and Hong Kong) has proven OTSC to be superior to standard methods. The trial, published by Dr. Arthur Schmidt, Ludwigsburg, Germany, enrolled 66 patients with recurrent bleeding…

Musikfan: Hirnblutung nach Headbanging

Pharmazeutische Zeitung

04.07.2014 l PZ Motörhead ist eine der härtesten Bands der Welt, das bestätigen jetzt sogar Ärzte der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover (MHH): Exzessives Headbanging zu dieser Musik kann chronische Subduralhämatome verursachen. Einen entsprechenden Fall stellen die Mediziner um Dr. Ariyan Pirayesh Islamian im britischen Fachjournal «The Lancet» vor. Es handelt sich um einen…

Ehegattensplitting weiterentwickeln

Pressemeldung – WJD

Berlin, 23. Januar 2014.

Christian Wewezow WJD Bundesvorsitzender 2014

Wirtschaf…

Generationensoli bei der Rente ist richtig

Pressemeldung – WJD

Berlin, 17. Januar 2014.

Christian Wewezow WJD Bundesvorsitzender 2014

Wirtschaf…

Umfrage: Fachkräftemangel ist größtes Risiko für Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Wirtschaft

Pressemeldung – WJD

Berlin, 14. Januar 2014.

Christian Wewezow WJD Bundesvorsitzender 2014

Wirtschaf…

News – MedKolleg

Berlin, 09. Dezember 2013.

Beine fit, Gehirn fit / Alzheimer-Risiko sinkt bei bewegungsfrohen Menschen um mehr als ein Drittel

Baierbrunn : Regelmäßige Bewegung kann vor Demenz schützen. Das berichtet das Apothekenmagazin “Diabetes…