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Endoscopic technique promises scarless surgery

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A new technique promises to avoid the scars and complications caused by traditional laparoscopic surgery. It particularly could help patients for whom traditional surgery is especially risky, including the morbidly obese. The technique is called natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery, or NOTES. In the procedure, the endoscope is routed to the abdominal cavity through the colon, where surgical endoscopic accessories can be employed to perform procedures in the abdominal cavity from inside the patient outward, rather than from outside inward, as in traditional laparoscopic surgery....Read full article

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    Published: September 2007
    BiophotonicsendoscopicFrom The Journalslaparoscopic

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