Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES®): A technical review

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3135-3148

  Auyang, Edward D ^a   Santos, Byron F ^a   Enter, Daniel H ^a   Hungness, Eric S ^a   Soper, Nathaniel J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural orifice surgery; NOTES; Review; Transgastric; Transrectal; Transvaginal

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COLPOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; HUMAN; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERITONEUM; RECTUM; STOMACH; VAGINA;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATURAL ORIFICE ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; PERITONEUM; RECTUM; STOMACH; VAGINA;

EID: 84856135812     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-011-1718-x     Document Type: Review

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