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Why Can't He Eat or Drink After Midnight? - March 2016 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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out of the CO 2 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 enhancer. The single console hooks up to your current endoscopic TRIAL NOW: www.bualoÄlter.com/OPS0316LAP smoke-info@bualoÄlter.com 1.716.835.7000 1.800.343.2324 Distinctive By Design . . . TRIAL NOW: www.bualoÄlter.com/OPS0316LAP defogs* warms & white balances cleans * Photographs are representative of a fogged and clear / defogged lens but do not re!ect actual product use. LaparoVue ™ Visibility System All-in-One Solution for improved laparoscopic visibility

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