out of the CO
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and recirculate the clean gas, says Dr. Renton.
Ceana Nezhat, MD, medical director of the Nezhat Medical Center in
Atlanta, Ga., says that while he used to use external smoke evacuators
and filters regularly, he has mostly stopped using them in favor of the
new insufflation system. "It's the latest technology and the best tech-
nology," he says. "It also works well with the robotic system to evacu-
ate smoke."
While extremely effective and something "the docs love," there is
one big downside to the new system. "It is very expensive," says Ms.
Dennis. "It can cost more than $100 in disposables, and you also need
to buy equipment that works with the special access port."
Another capital equipment solution is a new endoscopic video
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