Management of Intraoperative Hemorrhage During NOTES®: A Prospective Randomized Comparison
Byron F Santos, MD, Stephen S Plachta, BS, Nathaniel J Soper, MD, Eric S Hungness, MD. Northwestern University Department of Surgery, Chicago, IL Introduction: The optimal strategy to manage intraoperative hemorrhage during NOTES is unknown. We performed a randomized comparison of three instruments for hemorrhage control during hybrid transvaginal NOTES: prototype endoscopic bipolar hemostasis forceps… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Measurement of Bacterial Contamination During Colorectal Resection Is an Inadequate Model for Natural Orifice Transvisceral Surgery
Melissa S Phillips, MD, Chike Chukwumah, MD, Joseph Trunzo, MD, Bradley Champagne, MD, Conor P Delaney, MD, Harry Reynolds, MD, Eric Marderstein, MD, Jeffrey Ponsky, MD, Sharon L Stein, MD, Jeffrey M Marks, MD. University Hospitals, Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH Introduction: Many reports have been published showing bacterial contamination as a model of safety… Continue Reading
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Navigation for NOTES: Which Tool for Which Target? a Cadaveric Study
Eduardo A Bonin, MD MSc, Erica Moran, MD, Mary Knipschield, McConico Andrea, Juliane Bingener, MD, Christopher Gostout, MD. Developmental Endoscopy Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, EUA. Background: Human NOTES™ abdominal exploration is technically feasible by using both transgastric and transvaginal approaches. NOTES may offer an opportunity for targeted treatment of isolated liver metastases. The flexible… Continue Reading
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
NOTES Transvaginal Hybrid Cholecystectomy: Early Experience of a New Approach
Shohan Shetty, MD, Amir H Shariff, MD, Andrew J Duffy, MD, Robert L Bell, MD, Kurt E Roberts, MD. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, Saint Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, CT BackgroundNatural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is an innovative approach in minimally invasive surgery that has been found to be a practical and… Continue Reading
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Patient\’s Preference Among the New Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches – NOTES, Less and Mnilaparoscopy
GUSTAVO L CARVALHO, MD PhD, FLÁVIO A JÚNIOR, MD, JOSÉ S SILVA, STUDENT, CAMILA R CRUZ, STUDENT, DIEGO L LIMA, STUDENT, EDUARDO C CHAVES, STUDENT, REBECA G ROCHA, STUDENT, ADRIANO C SALES, STUDENT, RAFAELA L GOUVEIA, STUDENT. UNIPECLIN, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Pernambuco; Recife; Brazil BACKGROUND: The recent advances in laparoscopic surgery presented… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Perforated Ulcer Disease – Opportunities for Improving Outcome
EA Bonin, MD, E Moran, MD, A McConico, CJ Gostout, MD, J Bingener, MD. Mayo Clinic Background: Since the advent of PPI and H.pylori treatment and increased use of ulcerogenic drugs in older patients, the profile of patients presenting with a perforated PUD likely has changed. Patient age and complications from surgical treatment are risk… Continue Reading
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Possible Extension of Indications for Less Invasive Endoscopic Surgery By a Superparamagnetic Clip for Endoscopes
Takeshi Ohdaira, MD, Yoshikazu Yasuda, MD, Makoto Hashizume, MD. Department of Advanced Medicine and Innovative Technology, Kyushu University Hospital Background: We ranked Single Port Surgery (SPS) and NOTES (full-thickness gastrointestinal resection involving D1 radical dissection) as a surgical procedure between endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and conventional laparoscopic surgery. In SPS, however, we have to control… Continue Reading
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Pure NOTES: Transvaginal Tubal Sterilization with Flexible Endoscope
Jose Mejias, MD, Hector Almau, MD, Pierina Rosales, MD, Rafael De la Fuente, MD, Carlos Bravo, MD. Clinica Dr. A.L. Briceño Rossi Tubal sterilization is a permanent contraception, done through different approaches, including: laparotomy, mini-laparotomy, colpotomy, laparoscopy and hysteroscopy (Essure®). Today describes two new approaches: LESS and transgastric or transvaginal NOTES. We report the surgical… Continue Reading
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Pure Transvaginal Laparoscopic Appendectomy
Kurt E Roberts, MD, Dan-Arin Silasi, MD, Robert L Bell, MD, Andrew J Diffy, MD. Yale School of Medicine This video presentation is from a 37 yo female who underwent a pure transvaginal laparoscopic appendectomy. This is one out of 14 successfully performed pure transvaginal appendectomies at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Appropriate Institutional Review Board was… Continue Reading
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Quantifying Mental Workload of Surgeons Performing NOTES Procedures
Bin Zheng, MD PhD, Erwin Rieder, MD, Maria A Cassera, BS, Danny V Martinec, BS, Lee L Swanström, MD. Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Canada; Minimally Invasive Surgery Program, Legacy Health, Portland, Oregon INTRODUCTION: During Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES), surgeons often have difficulties orienting the surgical view and manipulating instruments accurately,… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Radiofrequency Ablation for Intramucosal Carcinoma in Barrett\’s Esophagus
H L Elliott, MD, B J Loew, MD, S R Gordon, MD, R I Rothstein, MD. Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center INTRODUCTIONRadiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an established treatment modality for patients with high-grade dysplasia in the setting of Barrett's esophagus (BE). However, this treatment is not well established for use in patients with BE and intramucosal… Continue Reading
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Safety and Feasibility of Single Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy with Conventional Instruments in a Rural Hospital
Pankaj Garg, MBBS MS, Jai D Thakur, MBBS, N S Aneja, MBBS MS. SGHKS Charitable Hospital, Sohana, Punjab, India, Alchemist Hospital, Panchkula, India Background- Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) is the recent addition to the world of endoscopic surgery. SILS Cholecystectomy (SILS-C) has been reported to have morbidity and complications comparable to the four-port classic… Continue Reading
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Single-Incision Multiport Laparo-Endoscopic (simple) Surgery
Toshiyuki Mori, MD, Nobutsugu Abe, MD, Hisae Aoki, MD, Masanori Sugiyama, MD. Department of Surgery, Kyorin University Laparoscopic surgery has been widely accepted as a less invasive alternative to conventional open surgery. The fact that most contributed to reduce invasiveness of surgical procedures is reduction of the injury to the normal body wall. Since its… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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Single Incision Transumbilical Laparo-Endoscopic Gastric Benign Tumor Resection
Giovanni Dapri, MD, Ruffin Ntounda, MD, Lorenzo Casali, MD, Pietro Carnevali, MD, Jacques Himpens, MD, Guy-Bernard Cadière, MD PhD. European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium Introduction: The authors report the resection of a gastric benign tumor through single incision laparoscopy, guided by peroperative gastroscopy. Video: A 25 years old man consulted… Continue Reading
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Single Incision Transvaginal Cholecystectomy
AMBAR BANERJEE, MD, JEFFREY W HAZEY, MD, DAVID B RENTON, MD, JACQUELINE ROHL, MD, BRADLEY ZAGOL, MD, W S MELVIN, MD, VIMAL K NARULA, MD. Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Ohio State University Introduction: Transvaginal Cholecystectomy has been reported from several places internationally as well as in the United States.… Continue Reading
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