W. Scott Melvin, MD, Director
The Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery (CMIS) is a multidisciplinary center dedicated to excellence in patient care, clinical training, research and outcomes studies pertaining to the techniques and technology of this discipline. The Center strives to expand the everchanging
field of surgery. 2007 brought continued development of its research endeavors.
Research Accomplishments of 2007
- The Center has 36 active research protocols, 15 of which were added during 2007, and its secured research funding totals more than $360,000 annually. Projects include 31 human and five animal protocols. CMIS faculty collaborated with other Ohio State departments and investigators on nine research protocols.
- Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) is quickly gaining acclaim in the surgical community as the most revolutionary advancement in general surgery of the
past 20 years. The overall concept of NOTES is to take traditional surgery, either open or laparoscopic, and perform the procedure through a naturally existing orifice, thus requiring
no external incisions. During 2007 the CMIS took a national leadership role in this emerging field; it has enrolled more patients in these types of clinical trials than any other
institution.
- The CMIS is collaborating with industry to research and evaluate new products and procedures, focusing on making surgery safer for patients. The Center is involved with a
multi-institutional study examining the outcomes of laparoscopic roux-en-Y gastric bypass using a new surgical stapler. This study, enrolling more than 400 patients at six academic
institutions, will provide safer and better long-term results for bariatric patients.
- The Center’s collaboration with other departments at Ohio State’s Medical Center, such as Anesthesiology, continued to benefit these areas, enabling basic science and clinical activity to combine and produce outstanding research. A National Institutes of Health (NIH) IH R21 grant titled “Impact of Gastric Bypass/Banding on Adipocyte Purine Genes, Diabetes and Depression” was submitted and accepted based on this collaboration.