J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 114(6): 317-320, 2013

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CURRENT AND FUTURE TRENDS IN NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMENAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY-RELATED PROCEDURES: ENDOSCOPISTS' PERSPECTIVE

1) Department of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo, Japan
2) Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuki Sumiyama1), Hisao Tajiri1)2)

The concept of "no-scar surgery" in natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is appealing to both surgeons and endoscopists. However, it is challenging for endoscopists to perform surgery via a keyhole created in the gastrointestinal wall at a site distant from the gut lumen. Technologies developed to achieve the NOTES concept such as endoscopic suturing systems will greatly benefit endoscopists when they can be used for endolumenal intervention and push the envelope of endoscopic surgery toward deeper layers and treating the full thickness of the gut wall.

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