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Archive > June, 2006 Vol. VII, No. 6

What's New in Minimally Invasive Surgery

A report from the exhibit hall at the Society for American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons' annual meeting.

Michelle M. Olson, MD

Laparoscopic techniques are finding uses in more and more surgical procedures, but wider acceptance doesn't mean the field is standing still. As a colorectal surgeon at Geisinger Medical Center in Pennsylvania, it's in my and my patients' interests to keep on top of the latest advancements, both in technique and technology. Between seminars at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons' annual meeting in Dallas in April, I spent some time in the exhibit hall scoping out the latest products on the market.

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