Considering the fluid nature of nano breakthroughs—and the delicate balance between
benefits and consequences as they apply to medicine—readers at all levels require a …

Interventional endoscopy (eg, bronchoscopy, colonoscopy, laparoscopy, cystoscopy) is a
widely performed procedure that involves either diagnosis of suspicious lesions or guidance …

In this paper, the consistent rotation-based formulation (CRBF) is used to develop a new
fully parametrized plate finite element (FE) based on the kinematic description of the …

Surgical innovation relies on patient safety and quality of life, which require a drastic
iatrogenic impact reduction. A parallel development toward less invasive approaches has …

Background Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) refers to a new
surgical procedure using flexible endoscopes in the abdominal cavity. With this procedure …

Background A new era in surgical robotics has centered on alternative access to anatomic
targets and next generation designs include flexible, single-port systems which follow …

Background Recently, single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) has been used for
bariatric procedures, and this surgery is considered a type of minimally invasive surgery …

Purpose: Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) is an emerging
technology that uses endoscopic instruments passed into the peritoneal cavity through …

Background Since the advent of Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)
and single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS), a variety of multitasking platforms have …

Objective: To review the complications encountered in our facility and in previously
published studies of transvaginal (TV) natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery …