Natural orifice transluminal endoscopy surgery : a review

Minimally invasive surgery started spreading worldwide in 1987, when the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed. Meanwhile, improvement of endoscopic equipment and instruments allowed gastroenterologists to attempt more aggressive endoluminal interventions, even beyond the wall barrier. Th...

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Main Author: Pinto, João Moreira (author)
Other Authors: Lima, Estêvão Augusto Rodrigues de (author), Pinto, Jorge Correia (author), Rolanda, Carla (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Transesophageal
Transgastric
Transvesical
Transvaginal
Transcolonic
Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery
Minimally invasive techniques
Science & Technology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/18703
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/18703

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http://hdl.handle.net/1822/18703

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