Natural orifices translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES)- Who should perform it?

Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-2

  Zacharakis, Emmanouil ^a   Purkayastha, Sanjay ^a   Teare, Julian ^a   Yang, Guang Zhong ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; BILE DUCT INJURY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; LEARNING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMENAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

CREDENTIALING; ENDOSCOPY; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 45049086099     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.01.003     Document Type: Editorial

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