Transvesical route for NOTES urological applications: advances & controversies

Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) has emerged recently in the experimental surgical field, innovating for the passage of luminal barrier, the absence of scars and reduction of post-operative pain. Among the various ports of access (transvaginal, transgastric, transvesical and t...

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Autor principal: Lima, Estêvão Augusto Rodrigues de (author)
Outros Autores: Rolanda, Carla (author), Pinto, Jorge Correia (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2012
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/23819
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/23819
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Resumo:Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) has emerged recently in the experimental surgical field, innovating for the passage of luminal barrier, the absence of scars and reduction of post-operative pain. Among the various ports of access (transvaginal, transgastric, transvesical and transcolonic), this paper is an update on advances & controversies of transvesical port for NOTES Urological applications.