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Dextera Surgical’s MicroCutter 5/80 Highlighted in Less Invasive Lung Surgery Procedure at Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2017
Date : 01/23/2017 @ 8:00AM


Dextera Surgical Inc. (NASDAQ:DXTR), manufacturer of the smallest-profile and most maneuverable articulating surgical stapling platform on the market for minimally invasive surgery, today announced that Joel Dunning, M.D, Consultant Thoracic Surgeon at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, UK, demonstrated how Dextera’s MicroCutter 5/80 helped enable the removal of a lung lobe through a single small incision. The presentation was made at The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).

“The uniportal approach to lobectomy is quickly building momentum throughout the world as it is much less invasive than traditional open procedures, resulting in faster patient recovery and less pain,” said Dr. Dunning.1 “All VATS procedures, including uniportal lobectomies, are technically challenging given the confined space to maneuver the tools required, particularly the limited and challenging angles of approach to the arteries and veins. By using the MicroCutter 5/80, which articulates up to 80 degrees and has a very small surface area, I am able to successfully complete challenging cases in a less invasive manner.”

The uniportal lobectomy is one form of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) that uses a single two-to-three-inch incision – either between the ribs or below the ribs in the middle of the chest (subxiphoid) or below the ribs on one side (subcostal).

Open surgery utilizes up to an eight-inch incision while traditional VATS lobectomy can require up to five incisions, between individual ribs – a painful location for incisions as there are (intercostal) nerves that run along each rib. By making just one incision between the ribs, the uniportal lobectomy is less invasive and less painful for the patient, which may lead to faster recovery times and shorter hospital stays. Dr. Dunning demonstrated how the MicroCutter 5/80 helps enable both the subxiphoid and subcostal uniportal lobectomy as well as microlobectomy procedures during the conference, featuring videos of the MicroCutter 5/80 stapling on a variety of pulmonary arteries and veins that would have been more difficult with larger conventional staplers.

Currently, there are approximately 140,000 lobectomy procedures performed each year in the U.S., with an estimated 40 percent of those procedures using VATS techniques including uniportal, robotic, and multiple port approaches. Leading thoracic surgeons predict that the adoption of VATS lobectomy will continue to grow as VATS training is integrated into residency and fellowship programs and surgical instrumentation gets smaller and more flexible.

“We are proud that the MicroCutter can help enable Dr. Dunning and other leading thoracic surgeons to accelerate the transition to VATS surgery which benefits patients undergoing these procedures,” commented Liam Burns, Dextera’s vice president of worldwide sales and marketing. “We continue to demonstrate that the MicroCutter is an enabling technology for a wide variety of less invasive thoracic procedures including uniportal lobectomy, microlobectomy, other multiport VATS approaches.”

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