Yap Lip Kee, MD

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   “I’m Dr. Yap Lip Kee       the incoming President for the ISGE.  It’s a pleasure to be here  in Chicago.  We are looking at the newest things available to  gynecologists, gynecology, and endoscopists.  With me is Dr. James  Daniell, one of the pioneers in the field and he plans to tell us a bit  more about what is new.”
       
       

   “Dr. Yap, thank you very much.  It’s always a pleasure to get the chance  to be interviewed for OBGYN.net because it gives a wide dissemination  of information around the world.  The things that I’ve seen from walking  around the exhibits here today are interesting.  There’s some old,  there’s some new, there’s some borrowed, but there’s nothing blue here  today.  I think we’ve got about thirty-five exhibitors from many  countries.  One of the things that I saw that is most interesting is a  new safer way to use bipolar electro-surgery.  Everest Medical, which is  located here in the states, is coming out with a new generator from  England, which allows laparoscopic use of bipolar instrumentation with a  system of bipolar that they call “PK” generation.  This is really just  bipolar energy delivered in an intermittent pulse mode so that there’s  reduced thermo damage as your applying the electrosurgery.  As you and I  both know with laparoscopy, electricity can be very, very dangerous and  anything that can reduce the risk for collateral damage with  electricity, I think, will be a benefit for improved safety of surgery.   We’ve also done some animal studies with this PK generator in our lab  in Nashville, and we’ve been able to actually coagulate blood vessels as  large as 5 mm laparoscopically in animal model, which I think is very  impressive.  I think this is one of the things at this meeting here of  the ISGE that is very impressive in just coming on market here in the  states and will be a good addition to the armamentarium for all  laparoscopic surgeons that are dealing with large blood vessels during  either hysterectomy or adnexal removal.  Again, it’s my pleasure to sit  and talk with you here briefly and to talk about this for OBGYN.net.   Thank you.”
       
       

  “Thank you, Jim, for the quick updates.”     

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