Surgery
Volume 146, Issue 5 , Pages 841-842 , November 2009

Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES): Is it time for introduction to clinical practice?

  • Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Cambridge Health Alliance, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD, Cambridge Health Alliance, 1493 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02139.
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  • Michael L. Kochman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Division, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Robert H. Hawes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
    • ,
  • David W. Rattner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

,Accepted 27 May 2009.

References 

  1. Rattner D, Kalloo A. ASGE/SAGES Working Group on Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery. October 2005. Surg Endosc. 2006;20:329–333
  2. Kern F. Clinical training in gastroenterology: a proposal for restoring balance. Gastroenterology. 1979;76:1489–1492

PII: S0039-6060(09)00357-2

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.06.015

Surgery
Volume 146, Issue 5 , Pages 841-842 , November 2009

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