Why did procedure volume drop with new vessel sealer, stapler and single site?

[Anonymous]

How is it possible to not grow procedure volume when you have released new tools to get into general surgery?

 

[Anonymous]

I give up - why?

 

[Anonymous]

I don't think there are a great number of surgeons for whom not having a stapler and/or vessel sealer was a deal breaker. If it was that important to them, just use manual devices through the accessory port. Secondly, general surgeons tend to have better laparoscopic skills and a lot of them don't see a benefit to robotics on more than a few surgeries. That will probably change over time, but he days of rapid adoption and growth are long gone.

 

[Anonymous]

How is it possible to not grow procedure volume when you have released new tools to get into general surgery?

It's because they fired everyone with either a brain or experience. A month of roll playing won't magically make you a great sales rep.

 

[Anonymous]

hysterectomy getting crushed and choleys likely slowed down too as in prior quarters. not rocket science.

 

[Anonymous]

Because at least 25% of the case volume reported historically is false. Ghost cases, etc.. You may reply " what about OnSite "?........ How about running real instruments during "training" versus training instruments........

Drive the Curve!!! False or true, who cares.

 

[Anonymous]

+3 to the above post....come on who's next??

 

[Anonymous]

+3 to the above post....come on who's next??

Or you can strategically have Onsight turned off like a former "top rep" in Southern California did before she was found out.

 

[Anonymous]

What is Onsight?

 

[Anonymous]

A system on all davinci systems that tracks how many cases were done by monitoring instruments used in a case. Most are connected via Ethernet.

 

[Anonymous]

The funny thing is the company turns a blind eye to the ghost cases until it needs to 'make a change.' The corruption runs deep. They know about this and have a strategy in place whereby they know how many ghost cases occur and do nothing about.

 

[Anonymous]

Or you can strategically have Onsight turned off like a former "top rep" in Southern California did before she was found out.

Who was this rep in SoCal? Jemma or Shawna

 

[Anonymous]

Who was this rep in SoCal? Jemma or Shawna

Neither. Her name was Jessica, the twin sister of the ASD in Nor Cal.