Stapled Transrectal Notes® Closure Technique
Byron F Santos, MD, Eric S Hungness, MD, Anne-marie Boller, MD. Northwestern University Department of Surgery Transrectal access for Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) is a promising alternative to transgastric and transvaginal approaches. However, current methods for transrectal access closure may be unreliable or require incorporation of the access site into a colorectal… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Endoscopic Suture Repair of Full Thickness Esophagotomy During Per Oral Esophageal Myotomy (POEM) for Achalasia
Ashwin A Kurian, MBBS, Neil H Bhayani, MD, Christy M Dunst, MD, Kevin M Reavis, MD, Lee L Swanstrom, MD. Oregon Clinic and Foundation for Surgical Inovation and Education A Per Oral Esophageal Myotomy (POEM) procedure was undertaken for the diagnosis of Achalasia on a female patient. A full thickness esophagotomy was inadvertently created… Continue Reading
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Trans-oral Video-Assisted Neck Surgery (tovans) – A New Trans-oral Technique of Endoscopic Thyroidectomy With Gasless Pre-mandible Approach
Akihiro Nakajo, PhD, Hideo Arima, PhD, Munetsugu Hirata, Tadao Mizoguchi, Yuko Kijima, PhD, Heiji Yoshinaka, PhD, Shoji Natsugoe, PhD. Surgical Oncology of Kagoshima University Hospital Background: Endoscopic thyroidectomy is a well-established surgical technique. We have been utilizing precordial video-assisted neck surgery (VANS) with a gasless anterior neck skin lifting method. Recently, natural orifice translumenal… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Pure Transvaginal Laparoscopic Umbilical Hernia Repair
Stephanie G Wood, MD, Lucian Panait, MD, Robert L Bell, MD, Andrew J Duffy, MD, Kurt E Roberts, MD. Yale School of Medicine Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) has been at the forefront of minimally invasive surgery. Benefits include no visible scars, less pain and shorter recovery. We present a video of a… Continue Reading
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Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Esophageal Achalasia
Amy K Yetasook, BA, Jin-cheng Zhao, MD, Michael B Ujiki, MD. NorthShore University HealthSystem Background: Optimal treatment that is minimally invasive is at the foundation of many laparoscopic procedures including those aimed at relieving the symptoms of patient with achalasia, a rare but well delineated primary esophageal motility disorder. The demonstration of the ability… Continue Reading
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Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (sils) and Notes in Bariatrics
Elie K Chouillard, MD PhD, Nelson Trelles, MD, Andrew Gumbs, MD FACS. On behalf of the Intercontinental Society of Natural Orifice, Endoscopic, and Laparoscopic Surgery (INOELS)Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal, Poissy, France Background: Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) is an evolving concept. Many variants have been described including « pure » NOTES, « Hybrid »… Continue Reading
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Hybrid Transvaginal Cholecystectomy: Initial Clinical Experience at a Military Institution
Gordon Wisbach, MD, Kyle Gadbois, MD, Kristin Stevens, MD, Amanda Simsiman, MD. Naval Medical Center San Diego INTRODUCTION: We present our initial clinical experience applying Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgical (NOTES) technique to perform cholecystectomy in a military institution. METHODS: IRB-appoval was obtained to perform this prospective study. Six women with an indication for… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Transvaginal Cholecystectomy: A Hybrid Approach Using Our Experience With Notes and Sils
K A Zuberi, MD, J W Hazey, MD, D B Renton, MD, J T Rohl, MD, V K Narula, MD. The Ohio State University Medical Center: Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Columbus, OH, USA Introduction: The idea of using a natural orifice as a means for accessing the abdomen has resulted in novel solutions… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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Evaluation of Bacterial Contamination After Totally Transvaginal Notes Access for Peritoneoscopy and Liver Biopsy in Swine: A Comparative Study With Laparoscopy.
Eduardo Aimore Bonin, MSc, Christiano Marlo Paggi Claus, MSc, Maria F Torres, Veterinarian, Antonio C Campos, PhD, Marcelo De Paula Loureiro, PhD, Antonio Moris Cury Filho, MSc, Gustavo Lopes Carvalho, PhD. Instituto Jacques Perissat (IJP) - Universidade Positivo, Curitiba, Brazil. Introduction: For not having skin incisions, totally (or pure) NOTES (natural orifice translumenal endoscopic… Continue Reading
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Endoscopic Full-thickness Or Partial-thickness Myotomy Using Submucosal Endoscopy With Mucosal Safety Flap (semf) Technique: A Comparative Study in Swine.
Eduardo Aimore Bonin, MD, Erica Moran, MD, Juliane Bingener, MD, Mary Knipschield, Kohei Takizawa, MD, Christopher Gostout, MD. Mayo Clinic Background: Esophageal myotomy using submucosal endoscopy with mucosal safety flap (SEMF) has been proposed as a new treatment of achalasia. In this technique, a partial-thickness myotomy (PTM) preserving the longitudinal outer esophageal muscular layer… Continue Reading
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A Novel Combined Endoscopic and Surgical Approach to Retrieve a Retained Foreign Body Causing a Rectovaginal Fistula
Faris M Murad, MD, Steven R Hunt, MD. Washington University in St. Louis A 45 year old obese female with menorrhagia undergoes robotic hysterectomy. The patient has a previous history of cellulitis after a C-section. During the operation, a piece of the bowel grasper was noted to be missing. The surgeons spent 2 hours searching… Continue Reading
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Notes Total Colectomy in a Human Cadaver
Kyung Su Han, MD, Dae Kyung Sohn, MD PhD, David W Rattner, MD, Patricia Sylla, MD. Massachusetts General Hospital We describe NOTES total colectomy with transanal and transgastric assistance in a male cadaver. The distal rectum was occluded by placing a pursestring suture approximately 2 cm above the dentate line, above the sphincter complex.… Continue Reading
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Endoluminal Stomach-sparing Resection of Gastric Gists
Stephanie Downs-canner, MD, Kenneth Fasanella, MD, Kevin Mcgrath, MD, Kenneth K Lee, MD. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Gastrointestinal stromal tumors, or GISTs, are common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Malignant behavior among these tumors may occur, and therefore complete surgical resection is the primary treatment for GISTs. Wide margins are not… Continue Reading
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Rigid and Flexible Endoscopic Rendezvous in Spatium Peritonealis May Be an Effective Tactic for Laparoscopic Megasplenectomy: Significant Implications for Pure Notes
Morimasa Tomikawa, MD PhD FACS, Tomohiko Akahoshi, MD PhD, Yoshihiro Nagao, MD PhD, Makoto Hashizume, MD PhD FACS. Department of Advanced Medicine and Innovative Technology, Kyushu University Hospital INTRODUCTION: We recently experienced 10 cirrhotic patients who had undergone laparoscopic splenectomy, in part of which dissection with flexible endoscope in peritoneal cavity had been performed.… Continue Reading
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Surgical Site Infection in NOTES Surgery
José F Noguera, PhD MD, Angel Cuadrado, PhD MD, Juan C García, MD, José M Olea, MD, Rafael Morales, MD. Hospital Son Llàtzer. IUNICS Introduction.NOTES surgery in a new modality of minimally invasive surgery. Transvaginal approach is the most used one to perform intraabdominal human procedures. We must know if this new approach is… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Endolumenal / NOTES