International Multicenter Trial on Clinical Natural Orifice Surgery—NOTES IMTN Study: Preliminary Results of 362 Patients

Zorrón, Ricardo; Palanivelu, Chinnusamy; Galvão Neto, Manoel; Ramos, Almino; Salinas-Sedo, Gustavo; Burghardt, Jens; DeCarli, Luis; Henrique de Sousa, Luiz; Forgione, Antonello; Pugliese, Raffaele; Branco, Alcides; Balashanmugan, T.S.; Boza, Camilo; Corcione, Francesco; Dávila Ávila, Fausto; Gómez, N; Ayrosa Galvão Ribeiro, Paulo; Martins, Susana; Filgueiras, Marcos; Gellert, Klaus; Wood Branco, Aníbal; Kondo, William; Inácio Sanseverino, José; Américo Gomides de Sousa, José; Saavedra, Lil; Ramirez, E.R.; Marins Campos, Josemberg; Sivakumar, K; Seshiyer Rajan, Pidigu; Anand Jategaonkar, Priyadarshan; Ranagrajan, Muthukumaran; Parthasarathi, Ramakrishnan; Senthilnathan, Palanisamy; Prasad, Mohan; Cuccurullo, Diego; Müller, Verena

doi:10.1177/1553350610370968

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International Multicenter Trial on Clinical Natural Orifice Surgery—NOTES IMTN Study: Preliminary Results of 362 Patients

Published in Surgical Innovation • May 25, 2010

Authors:

Ricardo Zorrón

Chinnusamy Palanivelu

Manoel Galvão Neto

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is evolving as a promising alternative for abdominal surgery. IMTN Registry was designed to prospectively document early results of natural orifice surgery among a large group of clinical cases. METHODS: Sixteen centers from 9 count...

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Medicine

Cholecystectomy

Surgery

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