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Category Archives: No Scar Group SAGES

Hybrid procedures > Bridge between laparoscopic and transluminal surgery > Natural Orifice Trans Umbilical Surgery NOTUS > Trans Umbilical Endoscopic Surgery TUES > Trans Umbilical Laparoscopic Assisted TULA > New ways how to minimize bodily trauma > Improved cosmesis > Psychological advantage for patients

What are the benefits of performing a cholecystectomy through a 20mm umbilical port that might increase the risk of abdominal wall complications? Will it be possible to reduce the size of the instruments and scopes to make them suitable for a smaller umbilical port? What role have flexible scopes with operative channels and endoscopic instruments?

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New surgical techniques > Avoid incisions altogether > Replace large incisions with several small ones > Shortening hospital stays and recovery time > Reducing pain and risks > Leaving much smaller scars > Incisionless Natural Orifice Surgery > NOTES needs closure > Nathaniel Soper > NOS natural orifice surgery products > NOSCAR Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessmen > NOTES > Natural Orifice Transgastric Endoscopic Surgery NOTES > No Scar Group SAGES > Navigation inside the stomach and abdominal cavity > Per vagina > Natural Orifice Surgery NOS

Are the growing capabilities of therapeutic flexible endoscopy leading to a new era in treatment of gastrointestinal conditions? Are the most important areas for initial NOTES study safe peritoneal access and secure gastric closure, intraperitoneal contamination, image display and maintenance of spatial orientation, development of stable working platforms, physiologic perturbations, and tissue approximation methods?

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Captivated > Idea of “no-scar” surgery > Flexible surgery > Incisionless procedures > Expanding minimally invasive treatment > Endoscopic surgery > Patient-friendly medical care technology > Reusable endoscope technology > Endoscopic specialties > Clinical effectiveness

How can a transoral plication and fastening be performed in an endolumenal NOTES and Noscar surgery for the treatment of GERD? Are we a long way from routine clinical applications of NOTES? What new instrumentation is vital for performing safe NOTES procedures such as the transoral plication and fastening together of portions of the stomach […]

OverStitch endoscopic suture system > Apollo Endosurgery > Announces 510(k) Clearance > Flexible Endoscopic Suturing System > New surgical tool for endoscopic surgical procedures > Adapting suturing to a standard flexible endoscope platform > Fully disposable suturing system > Advanced endoscopist > Perform full thickness tissue apposition > Mimics laparoscopic suturing

Is a device with the capability to suture endoscopically a valuable tool for a variety of endolumenal GI procedures? Is the 510(k) clearance of the OverStitch endoscopic suture system a significant step towards making the benefits of endolumenal surgery a realistic therapeutic option? Will the OverStitch system will enable the advanced endoscopist to perform more […]

No-Scar Surgery > Through the Mouth or Vagina > Removing gallbladders and appendixes > Natural orifice operations > Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery > Through-the-mouth appendectomy

Are the plum-size gallbladders usually extracted through tiny holes in the abdomen, safe to be pulled out through the vagina? Does it makes sense to put a hole in a perfectly good organ? Will NOTES ever be embraced by the surgical community?

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…The unusual operation, performed at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia […]

NOTES > TUES > TULA > NOTUS > IRCAD > EITS > Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg

Did Antony Kalloo, when he presented his experience in transgastric surgery in 2004, imagine that he and NOTES would be at the epicentre of a revolution in laparoscopic surgery? Did the ASGE and SAGES leaders, who created a working group to develop transluminal surgery, sense that this idea would have some repercussion on laparoscopic surgery? […]