Does StomaphyX Treat Weight Gain and Comorbidity Recurrence Following RYGB?
B Sung, MD, N Leva, BS, S Ahmed, BS, N Lodhia, BS, John M Morton, MD, MPH Stanford University Introduction. StomaphyX is a natural orifice transluminal endoscopic procedure to reduce gastric anastomosis and pouch size following RYGB. We characterize the safety and efficacy of this procedure to treat insufficient weight loss and recurrence of comorbidities.… Continue Reading
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Early Experience with Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) in an Elderly Cohort
Matthew Zapf, BA, Amy Yetasook, BA, JoAnn Carbray, RN, Michael Ujiki, MD NorthShore University HealthSystem, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine INTRODUCTION - Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is a promising natural orifice modality for symptomatic esophageal achalasia, but little has been reported about POEM in elderly patients. We examined perioperative outcomes in elderly patients… Continue Reading
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Embryonic-notes Thoracic Sympathectomy for Palmar Hyperhidrosis: Results of a Novel Technique and Comparison with the Conventional Vats Procedure
Weisheng Chen, MD, Lihuan Zhu, MD, Shengsheng Yang, MD, Dazhou Li, MD, Wen Wang, MD, Long Chen, MD, PhD Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Fuzhou General Hospital Introduction: Thoracic sympathectomy is considered as the most effective method to treat palmar hyperhidrosis. Although video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) confers better cosmesis, some patients are still concerned with the… Continue Reading
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Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Large Nonpedunculated Lesions of the Colon: Early Experience in the United States
I. Emre Gorgun, MD, Feza H Remzi, MD Department of Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio Introduction Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has recently emerged as a novel technique to resect large colorectal lesions en bloc. Up to date no data exist regarding expansive ESD experiences from the United States. The aim of the… Continue Reading
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Ergonomically optimal gastrotomy site for TG NOTES CCX
K Sriskandarajah, S Gillen, J Clark, K Shetty, T P Cundy, T P Chang, M Sodergren, H Feussner, A Darzi, G Z Yang Hamyln Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität der TUM, Munich, Germany. INTRODUCTION - Transgastric NOTES cholecystectomy is a technically… Continue Reading
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Experience with transvaginal gallbladder removal in laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Kazuyuki Saito, MD, Nobumi Tagaya, PhD, Nana Makino, MD, Yawara Kubota, MD, Takashi Okuyama, PhD, Yoshitake Sugamata, PhD, Hidemaro Yoshiba, PhD, Masatoshi Oya, PhD Department of Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital Background: Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) is gradually accepted into the standard laparoscopic surgery. We also introduced a modified technique of NOTES… Continue Reading
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Initial Experience with Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) for Treatment of Achalasia
Kevin D Helling, MD, Shushmita Ahmed, MD, Candidate, Eric Leroux, MD, MBA, Candidate, Brian Sung, MD, Homero Rivas, MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California Introduction: Per oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is a novel procedure for treatment of esophageal achalasia. We report our initial experience with the first five POEM procedures… Continue Reading
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NOTES Inspired Approach to the Mesorectum in Patients with Mid or Low Rectal Cancer: A preliminary experience
Elie K Chouillard, MD, Beatrice Vinson Bonnet, MD, Elias Chahine, MD, Abe L Fingerhut, MD, FACS Paris Poissy Medical Center Introduction: Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) is an emerging surgical phenomenon. While the development of “pure” NOTES techniques in humans is still slowed by major technical hurdles, the “Hybrid” variants have been increasingly reported.… Continue Reading
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Quality of life, sexuality and reproductive health in women after hybrid transvaginal NOTES
Angel Cuadrado-garcia, MD, PhD, Anna Sanchez Lopez, MD, Jose Francisco Noguera, PhD, MD, Jose Maria Munoz, MD, Rafael Morales Soriano, MD, Santiago Baena Bradaschia, MD, Jose Manuel Olea Martinez, MD, Antonia Crespi Mir, MD Hospital Son Llatzer, IUNICS (Palma, Spain). Hospital General (Valencia, Spain) Background:Hybrid transvaginal approach has been one of the most important efforts… Continue Reading
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The Learning Curve of Transvaginal Notes Cholecystectomy
Stephanie G Wood, MD, Daniel Solomon, MD, Robert L Bell, MD, Andrew J Duffy, MD, Kurt E Roberts, MD Yale School of Medicine INTRODUCTION: As the most commonly performed natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES), transvaginal cholecystectomy (TVC) is a safe and effective alternative to the conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy for female patients. TVC has been… Continue Reading
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The NOSAR Prospective Randomized Trial of Conventional Laparoscopic versus NOTES cholecystectomy
S D Schwaitzberg, MD, M L Kochman, MN Cambridge Health Alliance Nearly 1 million minimally invasive cholecystectomies are performed in the United States yearly. While a number of techniques are described to perform this procedure, they are rarely compared in a prospective and randomized fashion. NOSCAR, the Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research… Continue Reading
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Time Series Analysis for Transvaginal Notes and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Arun Nemani, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, PhD, Kurt E Roberts, MD, Steven D Schwaitzberg, MD, Daniel B Jones, MD, Suvranu De, PhD Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Cambridge Health Alliance, Yale New Haven Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center IntroductionThe purpose of this study is to compare time series data between several laparoscopic cholecystectomy and NOTES (Natural Orifice Translumenal… Continue Reading
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Totally intracorporeal right colectomy by hybrid NOTES procedure under transvaginal laparoscopy
Hiroshi Hirukawa, MD, D Satou, MD, K Kawagou, MD, K Hachisuka, MD, R Tanaka, MD, T Tada, MD Tachikawa General Hospital Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is expected as the next major frontier in minimally invasive surgery. Before the widespread use of NOTES, there are some problems to be solved: attaining visual field, technical… Continue Reading
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Trans-Vaginal Organ Extraction: Potential for Broad Clinical Application
Juan S Barajas-Gamboa, MD, Alisa M Coker, MD, Joslin Cheverie, MD, C. Aitor Macias, MD, MPH, Bryan J Sandler, MD, FACS, Garth R Jacobsen, MD, FACS, Mark A Talamini, MD, FACS, Santiago Horgan, MD, FACS UCSD Center for the Future of Surgery IntroductionNatural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) procedures evolved over the past few years.… Continue Reading
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Transvaginal laparoscopic sigmoidectomy for sigmoid colon cancer: report of a case from China
Duo Li, MD, Chunbo Kang, MD, Jinhong Liu, MD, Aimin Li, MD, Xiufeng Chen, MD Department of Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal Surgery, Aerospace Central Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100049, China. We report here the first clinical transvaginal laparoscopic sigmoidectomy in China. The patient was a 76-year-old woman with early stage sigmoid adenocarcinoma who had no previous… Continue Reading
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