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Surgery without scars > NOTES > NOSCAR > No longer far-fetched > Mouths and other orifices offer better pathway to internal organs > Minimizing risks > Lee Swanstrom > Oregon Clinic

Monday, April 21, 2008

Does the Notes approach have many potential advantages such as no external scars, cause less pain, and faster recovery?  Is NOSCAR surgery the natural evolution of endoscopic surgery? If a patient is offered a surgical option that would leave no scar, versus one with a little scar, which option would be chosen? IIP > Read on […]

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Operation Anubis > First “no scar” surgery > Natural Orifices Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery NOTES > Las Vegas > Society for the Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgery SAGES > Jacques Marescaux > Flexible endoscope for transvaginal removal of the gallbladder > Transvaginal Cholecystectomy

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Will Laparoscopy be replaced by “no scar” surgery? Is it patient driven? Can it be done?

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On April 2nd 2007, at the University Hospital of Strasbourg, Professor Jacques Marescaux and his team successfully performed the first no scar surgery. This first human incisionless operation was carried out using a flexible endoscope for […]

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