The "Passing On" of the NDO Plicator
As many of reflux sufferers know by now, the NDO Surgical group was acquired by another medical device company. After several years of success with the Plicator in the arena of true incisionless antireflux surgery, the Plicator system as of May of 2008 is no longer available. To be clear, the removal of Plicator was not because of any fault of the device. In fact, the application of multiple plications with Plicator was demonstrating better clinical success than a single plication. The decision to withdraw the product was most likely due to the poor insurance carrier coverage for this type of procedure that has prevented other advanced gastrointestinal endoscopist from adopting the technique. Therefore, driving sales of the product was impaired. Until the dust settles with regard to the battle for insurance coverage for these procedures, this will be a recurrent problem for all newer technologies and techniques.
Posted by Dr. Starpoli at 06:41
As many of reflux sufferers know by now, the NDO Surgical group was acquired by another medical device company. After several years of success with the Plicator in the arena of true incisionless antireflux surgery, the Plicator system as of May of 2008 is no longer available. To be clear, the removal of Plicator was not because of any fault of the device. In fact, the application of multiple plications with Plicator was demonstrating better clinical success than a single plication. The decision to withdraw the product was most likely due to the poor insurance carrier coverage for this type of procedure that has prevented other advanced gastrointestinal endoscopist from adopting the technique. Therefore, driving sales of the product was impaired. Until the dust settles with regard to the battle for insurance coverage for these procedures, this will be a recurrent problem for all newer technologies and techniques.
Posted by Dr. Starpoli at 06:41
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