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Re: Veda-Scope From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Wed Jan 24 11:22:37 2001 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Dean Huffman: "Inconsistences In Your OB-GYN-L Server -- Attachments" Previous message: Braun, R. Daniel: "Re: Veda-Scope" In reply to: Rafael Haciski MD: "Re: Veda-Scope" Next in thread: Rafael Haciski MD: "Re: Veda-Scope" Reply: Rafael Haciski MD: "Re: Veda-Scope" This in today's Reuters - New speculum preferred by patients over bivalves Last Updated: 2001-01-23 15:37:24 EST (Reuters Health) SYDNEY (Reuters Health) - A new speculum manufactured in Australia could increase the number of women undergoing cervical cancer screening, according to a Sydney Centre for Reproductive Health (SCRH) report released here Monday. Investigators from the SCRH and the University of Sydney surveyed 120 women, of whom 60 had a Pap test done with a conventional bivalve speculum and 60 had the test done with the new Veda-Scope, made by the Sydney-based firm SSH Medical. According to the company, the subjects assigned to the Veda-Scope were better satisfied with the comfort of the examination. The Veda-Scope operates using a combination of air pressure and optical technology. "We are not aware of any other device like this anywhere in the world, and doctors and patients are very happy with it," Mike Houghton, chief executive officer of SSH Medical, told Reuters Health. The Veda-Scope was developed 10 years ago and is now available in Australia. International distribution is expected at the end of the year, Houghton said. A full report on clinical trial of the Veda-Scope is expected to be published next month in the Australian and New Zealand Obstetrics and Gynaecology Journal. -Westport Newsroom 203 319 2700 art At Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Rafael Haciski MD wrote: > >Sounds wonderful, but: > >Unless it uses CO2 (which it does not), it could be dangerous, as it takes >very little pressure to insufflate the tubes and abdominal cavity. They do >not mention the pressures used. Besides pain, there is a possibility of >death from embolization. > >How do you get the swab to the cervix without losing the pressure? > >And what if there is more fluid that usual, or some bleeding, leading to >bubbles? With speculum, it is easy to "mop" things up for better >visualisation (oh heck, I'll go with their spelling :)) > >But intriguing it is! > >-- >Rafael Haciski, MD FACOG >Gynecology & Infertility Assoc. >Baltimore MD >http://www.ivf-md.com > >> From: "Hugo D. Ribot Jr." <hribot@mindspring.com> >> Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net >> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 21:10:10 -0600 >> To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@forum.obgyn.net> >> Subject: Veda-Scope >> >> Dear Listers (especially the Aussies): >> >> I came across the web site of an Australian medical technology company (SSH >> medical) - check out http://www.sshmedical.com/ - and was intrigued by their >> new speculum design called the Veda-Scope. >> >> It seems that this device uses gentle insufflation to separate the vaginal >> walls to enable visualization of the lower genital tract. >> >> The non-disposable fiberoptic part of the device probably ain't cheap, but I'd >> be interested to hear from any of you docs Down Under who may have tried this >> out. >> >> Hugo >> >> Hugo D. Ribot Jr., M.D. FACOG >> Cartersville, GA USA >> 10+ years private practice >> 2 docs/3 midwives >> ~450 babies/year >> -- art fougner, md A series of 1000 cases begins with but a single anecdote. Next message: Dean Huffman: "Inconsistences In Your OB-GYN-L Server -- Attachments" Previous message: Braun, R. Daniel: "Re: Veda-Scope" In reply to: Rafael Haciski MD: "Re: Veda-Scope" Next in thread: Rafael Haciski MD: "Re: Veda-Scope" Reply: Rafael Haciski MD: "Re: Veda-Scope"

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