Charles J. Lightdale, MD, Consulting Editor The burden of gastrointestinal disease affecting infants and children is high and increasing. Fortunately, there are a growing number of specialists trained in both…
Most new natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery procedures originated in Asia; therefore, most data come from operators and a health care environment different from those in the West. We provide…
Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is a newer field of endoscopic surgery that allows for scarless treatment of pathologic entities, using novel transluminal approaches. There has been a shift…
Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is an intense area of research, and is arguably the most significant endoscopic innovation of this decade. Training for new NOTES is a relatively…
Advances in laparoscopic surgery and therapeutic endoscopy have allowed these minimally destructive procedures to challenge conventional surgery. Because of its theoretic advantages and technical feasibility, laparoendoscopic full-thickness resection is considered…
Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) was developed as a new, minimally invasive approach for various interventions inside the peritoneal cavity. Since the first reports of NOTES animal interventions, various…
Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES), in which a flexible endoscope is used to perform operations that have traditionally required laparoscopic surgery, has garnered attention as a minimally invasive surgery…
Endoscopic full-thickness resection for subepithelial tumors is one of the more attractive proposed methods for less-invasive transluminal surgery but remains challenging in terms of safety and feasibility. Currently, laparoscopic endoscopic…
Recent developments have expanded the frontier of interventional endoscopy toward more extended resections following surgical principles. This article presents two new device-assisted techniques for endoscopic full-thickness resection in the upper…
There has been booming interest in the endoscopic full-thickness resection (EFTR) technique since it was first described. With the advent of improved and more secure endoscopic closure techniques and devices,…
