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Gasless Laparoscopic Surgeries Making MIS Affordable and Available: The Medicall Innovations Awards Presentation

Medicall is an international Hospital needs expo that is conducted annually to display a variety of new and innovative medical products and equipment. This year it was held at Chennai. The exhibition had over 700 stalls from all over the World displaying their equipment and devices…

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Surgery Course Enrollment at No Cost to Doctors

SEESHA and Karunya University are offering a FREE online course “Gasless Laparoscopic Surgery”. Plus after you complete the course, you will receive hands-on training during the surgical camps!

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Gasless or Lift Laparoscopic Surgery Equipment: A Comparison of Available Options

Minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery ranks similar to the introduction of anesthesia for surgeries, in creating a significant impact on surgical care. Healthy patients can tolerate the effects of…

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Instruments for Gasless Single-Incision Lift Laparoscopic Surgery: Making Laparoscopic Surgery Available to the Poor

The advent of laparoscopic surgery using small cameras in the late 1980s revolutionized general surgery, allowing operations to be viewed by more than just the operating surgeon. The new technology further improved with higher-quality miniature cameras, monitors, three-dimensional scopes, and increasing use of disposable equipment. An even further revolution came… 

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Single-Incision Lift Laparoscopic Trans-Abdominal Pre-Peritoneal Herniorrhaphy: A Low-Cost Technique for Rural Surgeons

An inguinal hernia is a common surgical problem with many possible methods of repair available. Kulacoglu found that mesh repairs are superior to “nonmesh” tissue-suture repairs, and he reviewed studies showing similar efficacy between Lichtenstein repair…

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Video: SILS appendicectomy with gasless lift laparoscopic surgery

Dr. J. Gnanaraj MS, MCh [Urology], FICS, FARSI, FIAGES is a urologist and laparoscopic surgeon trained at CMC Vellore. He has been appointed as a Professor in the Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering Department of Karunya University and is the Director of Medical Services of the charitable organization SEESHA. He has… 

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Low-cost laparoscopic surgeries: Taking modern surgery to the poor

The benefits of minimally invasive surgery are essential to the lives of those in poor rural areas, unlike for the urban rich. Seeing as the absence of any family member in these areas adversely affects their lifestyles, rural patients need to return to work as soon as possible. Key Point:… 

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