4-year follow-up of the Stretta procedure year 2007
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From: Mark on 19 Sep 2007 12:16 On Sep 13, 5:15 am, "Howard McCollister" <nos...(a)nospam.net> wrote: > <trigonometry1...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1189685259.234056.103540(a)o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com... > > > Gastrointest Endosc. 2007 Mar;65(3):367-72. > > > CONCLUSIONS: > > This study in drug-refractory patients with GERD found the Stretta > > procedure to be a safe, effective, and durable treatment that produced > > significant improvements in heartburn and quality of life and > > decreased > > medication usage during a 4-year period of follow-up. > > The Stretta procedure is no longer available - Curon Medical went out of > business. > > HMc Howard, what does Curon going out of business have to do with Stretta not being available? Just curious, I'm not familiar enough with Stretta or Curon to understand how Curon going out of business results in Stretta not being possible. thanks, Mark
From: Howard McCollister on 19 Sep 2007 13:15 In article <1190180795.106766.251120(a)y27g2000pre.googlegroups.com>, Mark <MARK12345678(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Sep 13, 5:15 am, "Howard McCollister" <nos...(a)nospam.net> wrote: > > <trigonometry1...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > > > news:1189685259.234056.103540(a)o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com... > > > > > Gastrointest Endosc. 2007 Mar;65(3):367-72. > > > > > CONCLUSIONS: > > > This study in drug-refractory patients with GERD found the Stretta > > > procedure to be a safe, effective, and durable treatment that produced > > > significant improvements in heartburn and quality of life and > > > decreased > > > medication usage during a 4-year period of follow-up. > > > > The Stretta procedure is no longer available - Curon Medical went out of > > business. > > > > HMc > > Howard, what does Curon going out of business have to do with Stretta > not being available? Just curious, I'm not familiar enough with > Stretta or Curon to understand how Curon going out of business results > in Stretta not being possible. thanks, > > Mark Curon Medical is (was) the only source of the proprietary equipment necessary to do the procedure...ie the disposable catheters by which the RF energy is delivered. Once a hospital is out of stock on those catheters, the procedure is no longer possible now that they are out of business. HMc
From: Mark on 20 Sep 2007 23:57 On Sep 19, 10:15 am, Howard McCollister <nos...(a)nospam.com> wrote: > In article <1190180795.106766.251...(a)y27g2000pre.googlegroups.com>, > > > > > > Mark <MARK12345...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sep 13, 5:15 am, "Howard McCollister" <nos...(a)nospam.net> wrote: > > > <trigonometry1...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > > >news:1189685259.234056.103540(a)o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com... > > > > > Gastrointest Endosc. 2007 Mar;65(3):367-72. > > > > > CONCLUSIONS: > > > > This study in drug-refractory patients with GERD found the Stretta > > > > procedure to be a safe, effective, and durable treatment that produced > > > > significant improvements in heartburn and quality of life and > > > > decreased > > > > medication usage during a 4-year period of follow-up. > > > > The Stretta procedure is no longer available - Curon Medical went out of > > > business. > > > > HMc > > > Howard, what does Curon going out of business have to do with Stretta > > not being available? Just curious, I'm not familiar enough with > > Stretta or Curon to understand how Curon going out of business results > > in Stretta not being possible. thanks, > > > Mark > > Curon Medical is (was) the only source of the proprietary equipment > necessary to do the procedure...ie the disposable catheters by which the > RF energy is delivered. Once a hospital is out of stock on those > catheters, the procedure is no longer possible now that they are out of > business. > > HMc- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - ok, thanks Howard. I'm not familiar with this particular situation, but it would seem surprising to me if some other company doesn't buy the rights to the proprietary gear on the cheap, if there is truly demand for the procedure going forward. Mark
From: Howard McCollister on 21 Sep 2007 07:30 "Mark" <MARK12345678(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1190347068.054778.31500(a)q3g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > On Sep 19, 10:15 am, Howard McCollister <nos...(a)nospam.com> wrote: >> In article <1190180795.106766.251...(a)y27g2000pre.googlegroups.com>, >> >> >> >> >> >> Mark <MARK12345...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Sep 13, 5:15 am, "Howard McCollister" <nos...(a)nospam.net> wrote: >> > > <trigonometry1...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> >> > >news:1189685259.234056.103540(a)o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com... >> >> > > > Gastrointest Endosc. 2007 Mar;65(3):367-72. >> >> > > > CONCLUSIONS: >> > > > This study in drug-refractory patients with GERD found the Stretta >> > > > procedure to be a safe, effective, and durable treatment that >> > > > produced >> > > > significant improvements in heartburn and quality of life and >> > > > decreased >> > > > medication usage during a 4-year period of follow-up. >> >> > > The Stretta procedure is no longer available - Curon Medical went out >> > > of >> > > business. >> >> > > HMc >> >> > Howard, what does Curon going out of business have to do with Stretta >> > not being available? Just curious, I'm not familiar enough with >> > Stretta or Curon to understand how Curon going out of business results >> > in Stretta not being possible. thanks, >> >> > Mark >> >> Curon Medical is (was) the only source of the proprietary equipment >> necessary to do the procedure...ie the disposable catheters by which the >> RF energy is delivered. Once a hospital is out of stock on those >> catheters, the procedure is no longer possible now that they are out of >> business. >> >> HMc- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > ok, thanks Howard. I'm not familiar with this particular situation, > but it would seem surprising to me if some other company doesn't buy > the rights to the proprietary gear on the cheap, if there is truly > demand for the procedure going forward. > > Mark > That was the problem - demand fell way off. Results of Stretta were mixed, but it was generally considered to be a reasonably good operation by doctors and patients. The biggest problem is that insurance companies continued to label Stretta investigational and many or most of them refused to pay for it. As a result, doctors stopped doing them. Curon still has the rights, but nobody wants to buy them. I think Stretta is pretty much done for. HMc
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