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HOUSTON — For insights on some of the more interesting and innova-
tive products on display in the exhibit hall at SAGES 2017, we called on
the expertise of Shirin Towfigh, MD, FACS, a hernia and laparoscopic
surgery specialist at the Beverly Hills (Calif.) Hernia Center, and Jaisa
Olasky, MD, a general surgeon at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center in Boston, Mass. Here are capsules of 9 products that caught
their eyes. — Jim Burger
The SAGES exhibit hall was a showcase for innovative
GI and endoscopic products.
• EXPERT VIEWS General surgeon Jaisa Olasky, MD, left, and Shirin Towfigh, MD, FACS, a hernia and laparoscopic
surgery specialist, tested some of the products on display at SAGES 2017 in Houston.
The Newest Entries in
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