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You are here: Home / Videos / Be it Resolved That It Is Time To Declare The Death Of Natural Oriface Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery

Be it Resolved That It Is Time To Declare The Death Of Natural Oriface Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery

 

Presented by W. Scott Melvin, MD and David Rattner, MD at the SAGES 2014 Meeting; The Great Presidential Debates of 2014


NOTES: Been there, done that presentation begins by Dr. W. Scott Melvin–2:41
group intelligence–3:56
access routes–5:36
clinical data–6:23
citation–7:12 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?te


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08/21/2014
Video Categories
SAGES 2014 Meeting, Solid Organ
Learning Themes
Colorectal, Flexible Endoscopy, Foregut, New Technologies / Skills Acquisitions, Professional / Economic, Solid Organ, Spleen
Sources
2014 Annual Meeting
Video Authors
Deziel D, Kantsevoy S, Marks J, Melvin W, Rattner D, Young-Fadok T
Video Institutions
Albert Einstein COM--Bronx NY, Mayo Clinic--Phoenix AZ, Mercy Medical Center--Baltimore MD, MGH--Boston MA, Montefiore Medical Center--Bronx NY, Ohio State University--Columbus OH, Rush University Medical Center--Chicago IL, University Hospitals--Cleveland OH


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