Journal
COLORECTAL DISEASE
Volume 13, Issue -, Pages 51-54Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02780.x
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NOTES; colorectal surgery; transanal endoscopic microsurgery
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- Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corporation
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Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is a new surgical paradigm involving performance of intra-abdominal surgery via a natural orifice and thereafter peritoneal access through an intentionally created hole in a hollow viscus. The vast majority of research in this rapidly evolving field had involved access via an oral or vaginal route. Access via a transanal route, other than the obvious concern over contamination, has many appealing attributes. In addition, transanal surgery has long been a common procedure lending a valuable clinical experience to the foundation of this field of research. Examples of preclinical and clinical research on transanal NOTES colorectal resections are here presented and discussed.
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