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Appendectomy is performed by one of the most common surgical procedures. In the Western world, it is estimated that more than 800,000 procedures are performed each year, the majority of the emergency room. The most common way is to remove the plant today, a small incision in the lower right quadrant - this cut is painful and invades the stomach to take some risks. The most common is the use of laparoscopic or keyhole surgery - again invading the abdomen, requiring highly skilled laparoscopic training.The appendix is ​​a small worm like structure which is connected by a small orifice (hole) in the cecum (part of the colon). Because of this orifice, an endoscopist can pass devices in the schedule without having to enter the abdominal cavity. This opens the possibility of
reaching the schedule, getting the tip, then pull back into the colon, which makes the artery that supplies blood to the appendix. The Annex may be trapped and closed before being removed like a polyp.All plants are not used for this process, said Prof. Christoph Gasche of the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, the lead investigator in this pioneering procedure. But those who may have limited inflammation, adhesions, and only a few candidates well for the inversion technique. Appendoectomy The procedure is performed using a standard colonoscope. On the frame is revolutionary Mega Channel, medical device Minos access the colon. The channel of the scale and mega cecum, where the opening of the plant can be identified will be conducted.
A guide wire is used to enter
the appendix via the orifice, which allows a balloon dilation to enter the appendix and stretch open the orifice, which facilitates the inversion. The next step requires the property catheter manipulator, a small soft catheter that enters the appendix and clean thanks to irrigation. The cleaning of the appendix from the inside offers a major advantage potential, said Prof Gasche. Infectious substances can be removed Pages: [1] 2 3