NOTES Is Successful for Vertebral Spinal Interventions with Significant Advantages for Anterior Spinal Procedures

Notes

“…Apart from antiobesity procedures, further indications evaluated with good success were distal pancreatectomy [36], rectosig− moid resection [37], and mediastinoscopy in the cadaveric [38] or swine model [26,39]. An unconventional approach was trans− esophageal access for vertebral spine interventions [40] or in− trauterine fetal interventions in pregnant sheep [41]. These indi− cations broaden the field for gastrointestinal endoscopists dra− matically and open up the question of when we will start on hu− man procedures in collaboration with our colleagues neurosur− gery, heart surgery, thoracic surgery, and gynecology.…”

Transvaginal Laparoscopic salpingo-oophorectomy: an Oncological risk-reducing Procedure

“…It allows for access to the peritoneal cavity via a hollow viscus and thus, for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to be performed [9,10]. NOTES have been performed through transgastric initially, and subsequently transcolonic, transvaginal and transurethral/transcystic approaches [11][12][13][14].…”