News

First VICTO artificial Urinary Sphincter Implantation in SA, Netcare Pretoria East, 10 May 2018.

CPD evening Endometrial ablation, Oxford Day Hospital.

Academic evening Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, Urology Department: Combat BRS and MRI prostate biopsy fusion.

STEEMA TOT surgical workshop, The Urology Hospital.

Pelvic floor surgical workshop, The Urology Hospital.

SASOG congress Durban ICC.

Pelvic floor workshop Kimberley.

Hands on Symposium Biojet and Combat.

ESAU congress The Urology Hospital Pretoria.

Pelvic floor workshop Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital Johannesburg.

O&G Update Pretoria.

SAUGA congress Durban.

Pelvic floor ultrasonography one-on-one hands on training at The Pelvic floor unit at Durbanville Medi Clinic.

Pelvic floor ultrasonography one-on-one hands on training at Pelvic wellness Centre The Urology Hospital

SA Pelvic floor foundation workshop Cape Town.

Africa Health – meeting the CirCumSafe team.

Pelvic floor workshop – The Urology Hospital.

Advanced product and sales meeting Kopanong.

Gubbini Mini hystero-resectoscopy road show with Prof Gubbini.

Pelvic floor surgical skills development workshop – The second successful surgical skills development workshops hosted pulling in the younger generation early in private practice. Focusing on hands on learning and advanced management of pelvic floor repair surgery).

Men's health workshop 2017 in Cape Town at the new Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital.

Proudly supporting Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in their new Ur-gynaecology and endoscopy unit.

SA 1st Biojet MRI prostate biopsy fusion system installed at Medi Clinic Cape Town – Thank you Drs Botha and Jehle, and also Medi Clinic for changing the quality of patient care for prostate cancer.

Launch Combat HIVEC system for bladder CA – Improving patient care with new technology for bladder CA - ground breaking clinical results on recurrence rates. First patients installations started February 2017.

Team building and supporting Women's health at Muddy Princess race.

Pelvic floor surgical skills development workshop – Focusing on hands on learning and advanced management and skills of pelvic floor repair surgery.

WCE congress at Cape Town ICC: Pelvic floor surgical skills development workshop – The second successful surgical skills development workshops hosted pulling in the younger generation early in private practice. Focusing on hands on learning and advanced management of pelvic floor repair surgery).

IUGA congress – proudly joining our new partners – Promedon.

Macroplastique sponsorship for Fellow Workshop at IUGA

SNSA Neuro congress: BK ultrasound partnering with Brainlab.

Cure Day Fourways opening.

Pelvic floor workshop and sales conference.

SASOG congress Sun City - hands on demonstrations, great interaction and valuable academic program.

Urogynaecology workshop 101 – back to basics: Sure Medical proudly supported a great initiative for pelvic floor training by Dr Jeffery, Dr Kruger and Prof Roovers, held at Groote Schuur Hospital. The workshop was well-attended workshop by specialist from different parts of the country and presented valuable content and good interaction.

Sure Medical continues to support pelvic floor solutions and are working together with SA key opinion leaders to find a solid replacement in time to provide ongoing positive outcomes for patients. In the interim, Astora may be announcing certain key products to remain available.

Endo Health Solutions saw shares drop 20% today after announcing plans to close its Astora Women’s Health biz in March due to concerns over future product liability related to mesh implants, despite posting a solid earnings beat for Q4 and the full year 2015. The company, along with other medical device makers, have been hit with series of lawsuits related to transvaginal meshes, intended to treat pelvic organ prolapse, mostly in the USA. The FDA put all pelvic floor mesh products under its most stringent level of review, Class III, in January. Endo said it sought to divest itself of the Astora Women’s Health unit last year, but did not manage to sell the biz, and will now being winding down the business with a closure targeted at March 31.

Despite investment in FDA522 studies, extensive existing clinical literature supporting the success of Astora implants, The decision made by Endo has shocked the medical industry. Specialists are saddened and concerned to see a market leader withdrawing its product from the market.