Endoscopy for Surgery

Surgery is dealing with the diagnosis and therapy of diseases and injuries as a result of a direct impact on the body. The term surgery originally comes from the ancient greek words for hand and work. The litteral translation of surgeon therefore is "hand worker".
The main objective of surgery is restoring wholly or in part the natural functions of the human body. If this is not possible, surgery tries to restore the previous functions as far as possible using implants.
Surgery comprises many individual disciplines. In addition to general surgery, the field of surgery comprises further specialist areas such as:

• Emergency/trauma surgery
• orthopedics
• pediatric surgery
• plastic and esthetic surgery
• vascular surgery
• thoracic surgery
• visceral surgery
• heart surgery
• neurosurgery

Method / Applications : Keyport - The Cost-Effective Route To Modern Surgery From Richard Wolf

The Single Port originated from the discussion about new, minimally invasive operating techniques, e.g. by using natural openings in the body providing access for surgery (Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery – NOTES) and the associated “scarless operation”. The Single Port technique involves introducing all the instruments necessary for the specific surgical intervention into the abdomen through a single port at the navel (Umbilicus). The scar produced from the port can be discretely concealed in the navel and it is no longer visible after a few weeks. The scarless result and the prospect of less pain, faster recovery and quicker return to the everyday routine make the Single Port technique increasingly attractive for many surgeons, hospitals and patients.

Method / Applications : Endocrine Surgery

Aside from open surgical procedures, thyroid gland disorders are treated with minimally invasive, video assisted thyroid surgery.

Interventions on the thyroid are among the most frequent surgical interventions. Favourable cosmetic results can be obtained through the use of a new endoscopic procedure.

Instrument set for minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy (MIVAT / MIVAP)

The innovative and user-friendly instrument set for minimally invasive, video-assisted thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy was developed by Richard Wolf in the highest quality and is being used internationally in thyroid surgery, with excellent surgery results.

Interventions on the thyroid leave a noticeable scar in the frontal throat region. A new endoscopic procedure allows the avoidance of large cuts, resulting in better cosmetic results. Using a video endoscopic view, a short cut is made precisely on the skin line, and the thyroid lobe is freed and removed through it. Onscreen, the structures appear in an image which is strongly magnified by the endoscope; this, of course, is an enormous advantage for protection of the vocal chord nerves.

Method / Applications : Endoscopic Surgery

Products : Devices

Products : ERAGON COMPACT

Products : FULL SCREEN 5MM TELESCOPE 8935

Product: Tem Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery

For more than twenty years, TEM (Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery) has accompanied us in the world of colorectal surgery - from the first trials carried out by Professes Buess in the early 1980s until today. The TEM trend is not letting up, on the contrary, at present TEM is experiencing a real boom, and this subject is being discussed at almost all national and international congresses. New markets are being opened up for TEM (such as China – two large workshops in 2006 with Richard Wolf and Professor Buess), and the
others are being expanded continuously (such as Spain – again workshops with Richard Wolf in 2006 and in the years to come; annual courses during the congress of the American Society for Colon and Rectal Surgery, USA).
Therefore the TEM system is certainly the most successful niche product of Richard Wolf GmbH – with just under seven hundred systems sold world-wide. It is not only the instruments, but also the operating method as such that has developed into an established process in rectal surgery for certain tumour stages. The "patient benefit" is extremely high with TEM – There is hardly any other operating technique that offers more advantages for the patients than TEM.