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http://www.thedoctorsdoctor.com/diseases/achalasia.htm Great compilation of Abstracts and authors... http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic16.htm great article about achalasia. abstract. Also sites many of the top guys in the field at bottom http://www.ssat.com/cgi-bin/achalasia.cgi?affiliation=other use the member directory to scope out emails.. and phone numbers. http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/9/1129.asp click on the numbers next to the referenced docs in the footnotes to see their abstracts http://66.218.69.11/search/cache?p=achalasia+and+dysphagia & ei=UTF-8 & u=surgery.uc.edu/achalasia.doc & w=achalasia+dysphagia & d=NhuReW1aMO6E & icp=1 & .intl=us http://www.thedoctorslounge.net/gastroenterology/diseases/achalasia.htm http://www.vanderbiltchildrens.com/interior.php?mid=631 RICHARD <cynmark24@...> wrote: Hi , Thank you for the post. The

problem sometimes on this Board is that there are so many posts (a good thing), that it is often impracticle to go back and check out all the old posts. You might find this interesting. in post #30511 wrote: Hello, I am scheduled to have the standard lapro hellers with partial wrap at u of Michigan in two weeks. I have been told that the surgeon will use a device called a "davinci robot" during the procedure. My understanding is that this device allows the surgeon to better visualize one's anatomy. Is anyone familiar with this "davinci" device and what its all about? in Ann Arbor, Michigan Carolyn, in message #30535 responded by saying: Robotics...2 good articles hope this helps Carolyn http://www.ssat.com/cgi-bin/abstracts/02ddw/108282.cgi?affiliation= http://www.cmis.ohio-state.edu/davinciTM.htm Later, in post #30539, the link was provided for the Business Week article about the robotic surgery. http://www.intuitivesurgical.com/corporate/newsroom/mediacoverage/businessweek_03_2004.cfm I did not check to see if the above links are still good. Sometimes they are only valid for a short period of time, then it gets archived, and you have to pay for it if you can find

it. My opinion about the robotic surgery is that once it has been sufficiently tested in real time (on patients, not cadavers), it should dramatically improve the recovery time (smaller surgical openings), and the results (robot "hands" far more precise than probably any surgeons). Hope this helped. >> I did a Google News search for "achalasia" just to see what I'd > find, and this article came up. It doesn't

give the names of the > surgeons. Does anyone know of other places that do this, or have > an opinion about robotic surgery?> -----------------------------------------------------> Tue Jan 24 10:35:53 2006 Pacific Time> > Boy With Rare Swallowing Disorder Has Robotic Surgery at> University of Illinois at Chicago> > CHICAGO, Jan. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Surgeons at the> University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago performed> robotic-assisted surgery on a 12-year-old Chicago boy with a rare> swallowing disorder called achalasia. The disorder, in which the> sphincter muscle between the esophagus and stomach does not> properly relax, affects only about 100 children in the United> States each year and is often misdiagnosed.> > iel

O'Donnell would often complain about pain in his> chest when he ate, according his mother, Weslene O'Donnell, a> Chicago police officer. His parents and pediatrician attributed> the 150-pound boy's complaints to heartburn.> > "When he drank, he could feel the temperature of the hot> or cold liquids just sitting there in his chest," said his> mother.> > iel lost nearly 28 pounds in a short time, and his> worried parents became determined to find out what was wrong with> their son. Specialists diagnosed iel with achalasia, a> disorder which occurs in only 2,000 people in the United States> each year, 95 percent of them adults.> > There is no cure for the disorder, but surgery provides> the greatest hope for improving symptoms, which

include> difficulty swallowing liquid and solid food, chest pain and> weight loss.> > Traditionally, surgery for achalasia has been performed as> an "open" procedure. Only recently have minimally invasive> techniques like laparoscopy been used.> > UIC surgeons were the first in the world to perform> robotic myotomy for achalasia in adults and in children. They> were also the first to publish the benefits of robotic myotomy> over laparoscopic myotomy for this rare disorder.> > During a one-hour procedure on Jan. 24, surgeons used the> da Vinci Surgical System to cut the sphincter muscle, which will> allow iel to eat and drink food that will empty directly> into his stomach.> > iel,

an active boy who plays baseball, football and> hockey, is expected to be discharged from the hospital tomorrow.> > Experienced minimally invasive surgeons are continually> pushing the envelope to use robotic-assisted surgery for more> complex surgeries. Procedures that were once performed through> open abdominal surgery or conventional laparoscopic surgery are> now being adapted using the robot, which allows surgeons to> operate more precisely.> > UIC surgeons performed the first robotic-assisted surgery> in Illinois in 2000. Since then, more than 500 robotic surgeries> have been performed at UIC for a variety of procedures, including> kidney or kidney-pancreas donation for transplantation, gall> bladder removal, esophageal repair, and gastric bypass and> Lap-Band for treatment of

obesity.> > UIC ranks among the nation's top 50 universities in> federal research funding and is Chicago's largest university with> 25,000 students, 12,000 faculty and staff, 15 colleges and the> state's major public medical center. A hallmark of the campus is> the Great Cities Commitment, through which UIC faculty, students> and staff engage with community, corporate, foundation and> government partners in hundreds of programs to improve the> quality of life in metropolitan areas around the world.> > For more information about UIC, visit www.uic.edu> > For more information about the medical center, visit> www.MyMedCenter.org> >

SUMMARY: UIC surgeons performed robotic-assisted surgery> on a 12-year-old Chicago boy with a rare swallowing disorder.> > KEYWORDS: UIC, achalasia, robotic surgery, swallowing> disorder> > Media Contact: Sherri Mcginnis , 312-996-8277,> Smcginn@...>

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