TECHNOLOGY
OBG Management. 2007 September;19(09):57-60
September 1, 2007|OBG Management
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Is robotics practical for gynecologic surgery? And will laparoscopy become obsolete?
IN THIS ARTICLE
NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY (NOTES)
Selected studies
To date, 19 abstracts on PubMed discuss the impressive opportunities NOTES will provide. Here is a sample:
- de la Fuente SG, Demaria EJ, Reynolds JD, Portenier DD, Pryor AD. New developments in surgery: natural orifi ce transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES). Arch Surg. 2007;142:295–297.
- Fong DG, Pai RD, Thompson CC. Transcolonic endoscopic abdominal exploration: a NOTES survival study in a porcine model. Gastrointest Endosc. 2007;65:312–318.
- Malik A, Mellinger JD, Hazey JW, Dunkin BJ, MacFadyen BV. Endoluminal and transluminal surgery: current status and future possibilities. Surg Endosc. 2006;20:1179–1192.
- McGee MF, Rosen MJ, Marks J, et al. A primer on natural orifi ce transluminal endoscopic surgery: building a new paradigm. Surg Innov. 2006;13:86–93.
- Wilhelm D, Meining A, von Delius S, et al. An innovative, safe and sterile sigmoid access (ISSA) for NOTES. Endoscopy. 2007;39:401–406.
