Sebastian H Lamm, MD, Andreas Zerz, MD, Isabell Schmitz, Daniel C Steinemann, MD. Cantonal Hospital Baselland, Department of Surgery, CH-4101 Bruderholz, Switzerland. Introduction Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery is an evolving technique reducing the access trauma. Transvaginal cholecystectomy and transvaginal anterior resection has been shown to be safe and feasible. Postoperative pain is reduced and […]
Yu Tian, MD, PhD, Shuodong Wu, Yinghan Chen, Danbo Wang. Department of General Surgery,Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University. Background: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery ( NOTES) involves the introduction of instruments through a natural orifice into the peritoneal cavity to perform surgical interventions. The vagina is the most widely used approach to NOTES. We report […]
Elisabeth C McLemore, MD, Cristina R Harnsberger, MD, Patricia Sylla, MD, Ryan C Broderick, MD, Alberto S Gallo, MD, Martin A Berducci, MD, Alisa M Coker, MD, Moneer Almadani, MD, Hans F Fuchs, MD, Garth R Jacobsen, MD, Santiago Horgan, MD. University Of California, San Diego. The majority of surgically treated rectal cancer via a […]
Masao Fujiwara, MDPhD, Hirohito Mori, MDPhD, Yuji Nishizawa, MDPhD, Akihiro Kondo, MD, Keiichi Okano, MDPhD, Tsutom Masaki, MDPhD, Yasuyuki Suzuki, MDPhD. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery and Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan. Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is a minimally invasive surgery, but the procedures using only a […]
Miguel A Hernandez, MD, Morris E Franklin, MD, FACS, Zanndor Del Real Romo, MD, Guillermo Peralta, MD, Denisse L Sepulveda, MD, David Martinez, MD. Texas Endosurgery Institute. Background: Since the first laparoscopic approach for colonic disease, minimal access techniques have revolutionized colonic surgery. Natural orifice specimen extraction (NOSE) offers the advantages of laparoscopic surgery and […]