Background Reliable closure is a prerequisite for conventional and innovative endoscopic
procedures, such as NOTES. The purpose of this study is the systematic evaluation of the …

Background Natural-orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) represents one of the
most significant innovations in surgery to emerge since the advent of laparoscopy. A decade …

Context Most patients with infected necrotizing pancreatitis require necrosectomy. Surgical
necrosectomy induces a proinflammatory response and is associated with a high …

BACKGROUND: The over-the-scope clip (OTSC) system was first used to close the access
route in natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery and is increasingly used for other …

Conventional endoscopic resection techniques such as endoscopic mucosal resection or
endoscopic submucosal dissection are powerful tools for treatment of gastrointestinal …

Background and Aim Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is a recently introduced
technique for the treatment of achalasia cardia (AC). Data regarding safety and efficacy are …

Introduction The aim of our study was to compare single incision laparoscopic
cholecystectomy (SILC) and laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) with respect to …

Background The concept of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES)
consists of the reduction of access trauma by using a natural orifice access to the intra …

Although in the past two decades, laparoscopic surgery, considered as a great revolution in
the minimally invasive surgery field, has undergone major development worldwide, another …

Single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic
surgery (NOTES) have rapidly gained pace worldwide, potentially replacing conventional …