Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES): Is it time for introduction to clinical practice?

Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 841-842

  Schwaitzberg, Steven D ^a   Kochman, Michael L ^b   Hawes, Robert H ^c   Rattner, David W ^d  

^a Cambridge Health Alliance ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS;

EID: 70349758117     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.06.015     Document Type: Editorial

References (2)

1. Rattner D., and Kalloo A. ASGE/SAGES Working Group on Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery. October 2005. Surg Endosc 20 (2006) 329-333
2. Kern Jr. F. Clinical training in gastroenterology: a proposal for restoring balance. Gastroenterology 76 (1979) 1489-1492