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 […]
Yueyang Fei, Mario Salazar, MD, Jeffrey W Hazey, MD The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center BackgroundPast studies comparing transvaginal NOTES (Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery) to laparoscopic surgery have produced a wide variety of conflicting results. Varying results have been presented from those that demonstrated a preference for or positive perception of TVC to […]
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. […]
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 […]
Thomas P Cundy, Kumuthan Sriskandarajah, Kunal Shetty, Tou Pin Chang, Mikael H Sodergren, James Clark, Guang-zhong Yang, Ara W Darzi The Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London INTRODUCTION: Natural orifice endoluminal techniques of peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) and subepithelial tumor resection rely on creation of a submucosal tunnel working space (1,2). Submucosal dissection […]