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Contact your Stryker representative for availability of other cables that may be
required for alternate configurations.
Indications
The 1688 Video Camera is indicated for use in general laparoscopy,
nasopharyngoscopy, ear endoscopy, sinuscopy, and plastic surgery wherever
a laparoscope/endoscope/arthroscope/sinuscope is indicated for use.
A few examples of the more common endoscopic surgeries are listed below.
• laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• laparoscopic hernia repair
• laparoscopic appendectomy
• laparoscopic pelvic lymph node detection
• laparoscopically assisted hysterectomy
• laparoscopic and thorascopic anterior spinal fusion
• anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
• knee arthroscopy
• small joint arthroscopy
• decompression fixation
• wedge resection
• lung biopsy
• pleural biopsy
• dorsal sympathectomy
• pleurodesis
• internal mammary artery dissection for coronary artery bypass
• coronary artery bypass grafting where endoscopic visualization is
indicated
• examination of the evacuated cardiac chamber during performance of
valve replacement
The users of the 1688 Video Camera are general surgeons, gynecologists,
cardiac surgeons, thoracic surgeons, plastic surgeons, orthopedic surgeons,
ENT surgeons and urologists.