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In April 2015, Xlumena was acquired by Boston Scientific [52] when they agreed to pay $62.5 million with an additional $12.5 million for sales-based milestones [53] [54] upon FDA clearance of HOT AXIOS, [55] to go alongside the AXIOS Delivery System, [56] which had already received FDA 510(k) clearance [57] as the world’s first stent designed ...
Cystogastrostomy is a surgery to create an opening between a pancreatic pseudocyst and the stomach when the cyst is in a suitable position to be drained into the stomach. [1]
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 is a system of procedural codes used by health insurers to classify medical procedures for billing purposes. It is a subset of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) 9-CM.
The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a US system of medical classification used for procedural coding.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure code set in the U.S., contracted with 3M Health Information Systems in 1995 to design and then develop a procedure classification system to replace Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM.
Vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG), also known as stomach stapling, is a form of bariatric surgery for weight control. The VBG procedure involves using a band and staples to create a small stomach pouch.
The overall rate of complications during the 30 days following surgery ranges from 7% for laparoscopic procedures to 14.5% for operations through open incisions. One study on mortality revealed a 0% mortality rate out of 401 laparoscopic cases, and 0.6% out of 955 open procedures.
Instrument Uses [1]; Gastroscope: Used to perform esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD/OGD) : Duodenoscope: Used to perform ERCP: Enteroscope: Used to perform push enteroscopy: Colonoscope: Used to perform colonoscopy
Buried bumper syndrome (BBS) is a condition that affects feeding tubes placed into the stomach (gastrostomy tubes) through the abdominal wall.Gastrostomy tubes include an internal bumper, which secures the inner portion of the tube inside the stomach, and external bumper, which secures the outer portion of the tube and opposes the abdomen.