64
Participants
Start Date
August 31, 2001
Primary Completion Date
May 31, 2003
Study Completion Date
May 31, 2003
NDO Full-thickness Plicator
The Plicator and gastroscope assembly were passed into the stomach. The stomach was distended with air. The gastroscope was advanced and retroflexed so that the instrument could be visualized and accurately positioned. The Plicator was retroflexed to within 1cm below the GE junction, and the helical tissue retractor was advanced deeply into the gastric wall. The gastric wall was retracted into the Plicator instrument arms. The arms were then closed, and the suture-implant was deployed to secure the full-thickness plication. The tissue retractor is then disengaged and the suture-implant released from the instrument.
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon
St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
NDO Surgical, Inc.
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