Health Matters: Minimally Invasive Surgery
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First Aired: 10/16/2008
28 minutes

Open wide and say "surgery"? Though it may sound like science fiction, the UCSD Medical Center is conducting clinical trials of a cutting edge technique called Natural Orifice Surgery (NOTES). Patients have reported less recovery time, less pain, and less scarring. Mark Talamini, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at UCSD Medical Center joins David Granet, MD, to explain the wonders of this new minimally invasive procedure and where the future of surgery is going. (#14193)

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