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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Robotic Assisted Total Colectomy With Transrectal Extraction -single Docking
Takayuki Dotai, MD, Carrie Peterson, MD, Elisabeth Mclemore, MD, Santiago Horgan, MD, Mark Talamini, MD, Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD. Center for the Future of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego This video shows the stepwise technique of robotic assisted total colectomy with transanal specimen extraction. This technique is safe and beneficial to… 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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Single-incision Multiport Laparoendoscopic Cholecystectomy Using a Newly Developed Short-type Flexible Endoscope: A Combined Procedure of Flexible Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery
Nobutsugu Abe, MD PhD, Hirohisa Takeuchi, MD, Atsuko Ooki, MD PhD, Toshiyuki Mori, MD PhD, Masanori Sugiyama, MD PhD. Kyorin University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery Objective: We hypothesized that using a flexible endoscope as a working scope might provide many merits with single-port surgery (SPS). To this end, a short-type flexible endoscope… Continue Reading
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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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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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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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Transanal Hybrid Sigmoid Resection -introduction Into Clinical Practice
Karl H Fuchs, MD, Wolfram Breithaupt, MD, Gabor Varga, MD, Thomas Schulz, MD. AGAPLESION Markus Krankenhaus Introduction: Reducing access size and trauma is one of the important issues behind Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery(NOTES). The combination of experience with Laparoscopic colorectal surgery(LCS) and Transanal endoscopic Microsurgery(TEM) has helped in using the transanal approach as… Continue Reading
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Transgastric Large Organ Extraction; the Initial Experience
Takayuki Dotai, MD, Alisa Coker, MD, Luciano Antozzi, MD, Geylor Acosta, MD, Masayasu Aikawa, MD, Nikolai Bildzukewicz, MD, Marcos Michelotti, MD, Bryan Sandler, MD, Garth Jacobsen, MD, Mark Talamini, MD, Santiago Horgan, MD. Center for the Future of Surgery, Department of surgery, University of California, San Diego IntroductionIn laparoscopy, it is often the case… Continue Reading
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TU hidden scar surgery using GelPOINT through an umbilical zigzag skin incision
Takehiro Hachisuka, M D, Takashi Kinosita, M D, Nobuhiko Kurata, MD, Masayuki Tsutsuyama, MD, Shinnichi Umeda, MD, Akinaga Yaraita, MD, Seisaku Tokunaga, MD, Masahiro Shibata, MD, Toshio Shikano, MD, Keisuke Hattori, MD, Toshihiro Mori, MD, Masahiko Shinohara, MD, Tomomi Yamakawa, MD, Masayuki Miyauchi, MD. Department of Surgery and Plastic Surgery, Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital INTRODUCTION)… Continue Reading
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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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Transvaginal Notes Cholecystectomy: Key Technical Points
Lucian Panait, MD, Stephanie G Wood, MD, Robert L Bell, MD, Andrew J Duffy, MD, Kurt E Roberts, MD. Yale School of Medicine Introduction: Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) is gaining increasing acceptance, equally among physicians and patients. Randomized trials are in progress to better assess the safety and efficacy of these procedures.… Continue Reading
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