The diffusion of minimally invasive surgery has thrived in recent years, providing substantial
benefits over traditional techniques for a number of surgical interventions. This rapid growth …

Laparoscopic approaches have increasingly assumed a central role in the management of
benign and malignant surgical diseases. While laparoscopy is less morbid than open …

Background The attempt to further reduce operative trauma in laparoscopic cholecystectomy
has led to new techniques such as natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) …

Objective: To analyze patient outcome in the first 14 months of the German natural orifice
translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) registry (GNR). Summary Background Data …

Background Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is an emerging bariatric procedure that
typically necessitates five to seven small skin incisions to place five to seven trocars. The …

Background Findings have shown that single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC)
is feasible and reproducible. The authors have pioneered a two-trocar SILC technique at the …

Objectives: Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is evolving as a
promising alternative for abdominal surgery. IMTN Registry was designed to prospectively …

Abstract Study Objective To evaluate the feasibility and safety of hysterectomy in benign
disease using transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES). Design …

Background Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) has moved quickly
from preclinical investigation to clinical implementation. However, several major technical …

Aim Single‐incision (or port) laparoscopic surgery (SILS) has recently emerged as a method
to improve morbidity and cosmetic benefit of conventional laparoscopic surgery. The …