Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery: Myth or reality?

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 733-735

  Ponsky, Lee E ^a,b   Poulose, Benjamin K ^b   Pearl, Jonathan ^b   Ponsky, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; CANCER SURGERY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ANIMALS; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 67649883540     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2007.0437.23.5     Document Type: Review

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