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  Q: What is StomaphyX?
  A: Designed for use in Natural Orifice Surgery (NOS), StomaphyX is an innovative single-use surgical device for use in transoral tissue approximation, ligation and full-thickness plication in the GI tract.

  Q: What is the procedure like?
 
A: Without any abdominal incisions, StomaphyX can be used to create durable large tissue folds in the gastrointestinal tract. StomaphyX is introduced into the body transorally (through the mouth), and the procedure is performed under endoscopic visualization. Once the StomaphyX device is inside the stomach, the stomach wall is suctioned into the device's tissue port, creating a large plication. Non-resorbable fasteners are then deployed across the fold to hold the tissue in place. Typically 20 or more folds are required depending on patient anatomy.  illustration Before
Treatment
After StomaphyX showing creation of large tissue folds
     
StomaphyX procedure
Suction is used to draw a
large fold of stomach wall into
the tissue port
The fold is fastened with a non-resorbable
polypropylene H-shaped fastener.
 
  Q: How long does the procedure take?
  A: Most procedures are completed in 20-30 minutes.
  Q: What is the recovery like?
  A: Most patients can return to work the next day or within a few days following their StomaphyX procedure. Patients should expect to experience some discomfort in their chest, nose and throat for the first few days to a week after the procedure. Patients will be asked to restrict physical activity for the first week and will be given dietary guidelines to help maximize their success while the plications heal. Typically a soft/liquid diet is required for 10 days to two weeks to protect the newly altered geometry.
  Q: How safe is the StomaphyX procedure?
  A: StomaphyX has been shown to be safe in use in hundreds of procedures worldwide. To date, side effects have been minimal and transient. The StomaphyX procedure is expected to be safer than traditional surgery which often involves incisions in the skin for access to the organs, and cutting around the organs to free the desired area for suturing. With StomaphyX, there are no incisions inside on the organs or outside on the skin. This reduces or eliminates the risk of incisional herniation, infection, adhesions or visible scarring. StomaphyX procedures are particularly attractive replacements for revisional surgery because revisional surgery is among the most complex and dangerous types of surgery.

  Q: Has my surgeon been specially trained?
  A: Every StomaphyX surgeon receives specialized StomaphyX training.

 

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