"It seems to me that the Medigus SRS device is a landmark development in the management of GERD patients. The preliminary results of the procedure are very encouraging." Dr. Amol Bapaye, Head of the Gastroenterology Department at the Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital & Research Center in Pune, India (Aug 20, 2007)

Prof. David Watson, Head of the Department of Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, Australia, one of the leading surgeons in the world for anti-reflux procedures, performed the first clinical trials with the Medigus SRS device in Aug. 2006. In a report provided to Medigus regarding the procedures performed, Prof. Watson stated that it is feasible to perform Funduplication using Medigus' SRS system. In addition, Prof. Watson stated that when the stapling of the tissue is performed in a suitable position, the potential clinical results of the SRS procedure are excellent, with better short term outcome than would be expected following a standard laparoscopic Funduplication.

Images showing the anatomical configuration after the Medigus SRS procedure and the Laparoscopic Nissen procedure were shown to two leading experts. The following are the comments provided by these experts:

Prof. Hubert Stein, Chairman of the Department of Surgery, Academic Hospital in Salzburg:
“…there is no difference in the endoscopic image between a laparoscopic and an endoscopic anterior fundoplication. I couldn't tell which is which from the image”

Prof. Jeff Peters, Chairman of the Department of Surgery, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York:
“The images look great in my opinion! Looks like a fundoplication in both cases”

		Anatomical configuration after Medigus' SRS Procedure Image taken during procedure perfomed by Prof. Watson in Aug. 2006 at the Flinders Medical Center in Adelaide Australia
		Anatomical configuration after Laparoscopic Nissen procedure