Although in the past two decades,laparoscopic surgery,considered as a great revolution in the minimally inva-sive surgery field,has undergone major development worldwide,another dramatic surgical revolution has quietl...Although in the past two decades,laparoscopic surgery,considered as a great revolution in the minimally inva-sive surgery field,has undergone major development worldwide,another dramatic surgical revolution has quietly appeared in recent years.Ever since Kalloo's first report on transgastric peritoneoscopy in a porcine model in 2004,interest in a new surgical procedure named natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery(NOTES)has blossomed worldwide.Considering that a NOTES procedure could theoretically avoid any abdomi-nal incision,operation-related pain and scarring,many surgeons and endoscopists have been enthusiastic in their study of this new technique.In recent years,sev-eral NOTES studies have been carried out on porcine models and even on humans,including transvaginal cholecystectomy,transgastric appendectomy,transvagi-nal appendectomy,and transvesical peritoneoscopy.So what is the current situation of NOTES and how many challenges do we still face?This review discusses the current research progress in NOTES.展开更多
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文摘Although in the past two decades,laparoscopic surgery,considered as a great revolution in the minimally inva-sive surgery field,has undergone major development worldwide,another dramatic surgical revolution has quietly appeared in recent years.Ever since Kalloo's first report on transgastric peritoneoscopy in a porcine model in 2004,interest in a new surgical procedure named natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery(NOTES)has blossomed worldwide.Considering that a NOTES procedure could theoretically avoid any abdomi-nal incision,operation-related pain and scarring,many surgeons and endoscopists have been enthusiastic in their study of this new technique.In recent years,sev-eral NOTES studies have been carried out on porcine models and even on humans,including transvaginal cholecystectomy,transgastric appendectomy,transvagi-nal appendectomy,and transvesical peritoneoscopy.So what is the current situation of NOTES and how many challenges do we still face?This review discusses the current research progress in NOTES.
