Advancing flexible endoscopy to natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery.
Curr Opin Gastroenterol
; 37(5): 470-477, 2021 09 01.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34091533
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review is an update on the recent advancements and clinical applications of flexible endoscopy in the context of natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES). We focus on recent developments in gastrointestinal luminal and transluminal NOTES. RECENT FINDINGS:
NOTES has evolved from a hybrid approach utilizing a laparoscopic assistant to pure NOTES without laparoscopic assistance. Current experimental and clinical studies focus on the implementation of new minimally invasive approaches as well as on the training in the use of these procedures. In recent years, flexible endoscopic-NOTES and endoluminal surgery have increasingly reported favorable results in preclinical and experimental settings using flexible endoscopic cholecystectomy, cholecystolithotomy, and appendectomy. Additionally, flexible endoscopic lymphadenectomy and thyroidectomy are among the new interventions that are opening new frontiers for endoscopists to explore.SUMMARY:
Flexible endoscopy has paved way to new frontiers for endoscopists and surgeons. As the armamentarium of interventional endoscopy increases and the ability of endoscopists to perform advanced interventions safely fosters an inevitable step forward that will involve the integration of new technology with innovative thinking.
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Laparoscopy
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Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Curr Opin Gastroenterol
Journal subject:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China