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Technology (16)

	Eagle versus the snake: evolving platforms for flexible gastrointestinal surgery PJ Pasricha NOTES is in constant evolution. In this lecture, Professor Pankaj Jay Pasricha reviews some basic concepts regarding therapeutic flexible endoscopy, focusing ...	Jul 2010
	A new generation of flexible endoscope and instrumentation for advanced endoscopy and NOTES (2009 update) LL Swanström Current flexible scopes and instruments are extremely limited when used in natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) and advanced endoscopic ...	Dec 2009
	An endoscopic platform: the ANUBISCOPE B Dallemagne The devices used for Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) procedures are endoscopes or inspired by endoscopic design, which makes it ...	Nov 2009
	NOTES with rigid laparoscopic instrumentation J Burghardt This lecture details the experience of a single centre institution in performing NOTES surgery with rigid laparoscopic instrumentations. Indications, technical ...	Feb 2009
	Unique instrumentation for NOTES from devices to computer-driven endoscopes B Dunkin This lecture describes the advantages and disadvantages related to NOTES technology, in particular suturing, coagulation and closure. It highlights the need to ...	Sep 2008
	Magnetically anchored deployable instruments for NOTES D Scott This intriguing overview describes the various means and methods that magnetic anchoring and guidance systems may be employed in NOTES to provide effective ...	Jul 2008
	Robotics and virtual reality in NOTES L Soler This authoritative presentation focuses on robotics and virtual reality applied to NOTES: facts and concepts about how could new technology enhance the future ...	Jun 2008
	Flexible robotic endoscopic technology for surgical and diagnostic applications A Noll This overview of developmental technology describes how robotic technology is being dovetailed with flexible endoscopic instruments to provide, perhaps, the ...	May 2008
	New generation of endoscopes and platforms for NOTES surgery: October 2007 update LL Swanström This techical lecture describes the development of new endoscopes and platforms that aim to overcome the technical limitations of contemporary instrumentation.	Nov 2007
	Robotics and NOTES R Satava This lecture portends the huge potential that could be achieved if the capabilities of robotic innovations can be harnessed to the emerging NOTES portfolio. It ...	Nov 2007
	Endoscopic suturing: incoming J Marks This lecture describes the endoscopic instruments in development which are being designed to allow effective suturing to be incorporated into NOTES procedures.	Nov 2007
	A new generation of flexible endoscope and instrumentation for advanced endoscopy and NOTES LL Swanström This lecture discusses the development of the next generation of flexible endoscopes for both NOTES and advanced intraluminal endoscopy. The problems and ...	Oct 2007
	An original approach: cardiac occluder S Perretta This lecture details the early experience of the use of a cardiac occlusion device to plug the gastrotomy after completion of a NOTES procedure. A full ...	Sep 2007
	Early human experience with advanced flexible endoscopes for NOTES LL Swanström This lecture provides a description of an advanced flexible endoscope that has been designed to overcome some of the limitations associated with standard ...	Sep 2007
	Multitasking platform C Thompson This technical lecture discusses the history of the use of the flexible endoscope and draws attention to the current limitations of the devices in common, ...	Sep 2007
	Magnetic manipulators in NOTES B Dunkin This lecture describes how intraperitoneal and intraluminal magnets can be controlled extracorporeally as an adjunct to NOTES procedures. In this way, the ...	Sep 2007

Experimental work (6)

	NOTES: the next phase in minimally invasive surgery P Sylla In this lecture, Dr. Patricia Sylla presents the NOTES endoscopic access, the types of instrumentation required and the results of the experimental studies. ...	Apr 2010
	TEM-assisted endoscopic rectosigmoid resection P Sylla Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM) is almost 25-year-old technology. It has been a very helpful alternative to full-thickness excision of certain rectal ...	Mar 2009
	NOTES in the mediastinum S Perretta Indications for transgastric NOTES (natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery) studied so far are limited to intra-abdominal surgery. The next question ...	Dec 2008
	Exposure, retraction and suture N Soper Despite the great enthusiasm in NOTES surgery, the encountered limitations of endoscopic instrumentation diminished the number of feasible surgical ...	Nov 2008
	Transvaginal retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy by NOTES in a pig model J Nassif Retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy is a staging and prognostic procedure for many gynaecologic and urologic neoplasms. Its drawback is the high associated ...	Jun 2008
	NOTES sentinel node biopsy R Cahill Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) may dovetail with other intraluminal and transluminal resectional techniques to ensure oncological ...	Jun 2008

Concepts and philosophy (10)

	NOTES™: Where have we been and where are we going? D Rattner NOTES remains one of the hottest topics in both gastrointestinal surgery and gastroenterology communities. There is now clinical data demonstrating that basic ...	Oct 2009
	Is single access surgery the renaissance of robotics? P Allemann The advantages of single access surgery are known, but many disadvantages need to be overcome. In this lecture, Dr. Pierre Allemann discusses these arguments ...	Jun 2009
	NOTES: futuristic applications J Ponsky Laboratory research has demonstrated the feasibility of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery and has provided insight into the technical innovations ...	Jun 2009
	Who should perform NOTES? Surgeons or endoscopists? J Ponsky Since Anthony Kalloo’s publication on transgastric peritoneoscopy in 2004, the field of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) has evolved ...	Apr 2009
	Single port surgery: facts and concepts S Perretta This authoritative presentation presents an overwiew of current single port technology: R&D and ongoing clinical applications.	Jun 2008
	Next clinical steps and protocols N Soper This lecture details the main issues facing the incorporation of NOTES into clinical practice. In particular, it stresses how the issue of secure closure ...	Feb 2008
	Advanced Technology and the Future of Surgery R Satava This lecture gives a glimpse of the surgical techniques and attitudes that may exist in the future. The speaker extrapolates current experimental developments ...	Dec 2007
	History of NOTES J Marescaux This keynote lecture details the genesis of NOTES from its inception through the present day and into the future. It describes the challenges faced by the ...	Nov 2007
	The state of NOTES P Swain This key note lecture by a world authority on NOTES describes vividly the past, present and future of the technology and procedure and gives a rounded view of ...	Jul 2007
	History of NOTES A Kalloo This lecture by one of the early pioneers of NOTES explains the theory and early proof of principle experiments. It then covers the graduated evolution of ...	Jun 2007

Access / Closure (25)

	Minimizing the minimal access to the spleen: single incision endoscopic splenectomy, a feasible alternative to conventional laparoscopic splenectomy EM Targarona In this lecture, Prof. Eduardo Targarona presents a case of single incision endoscopic splenectomy in a 26-year-old man, detailing the surgical steps, the ...	May 2009
	NOTES sigmoidectomy: transrectal, transcolonic and combined accesses J Leroy In this lecture, Prof. Joel Leroy explains what is the potential role of NOTES in colorectal resection presenting the actual challenges for such procedures ...	May 2009
	Key challenges: Transrectal and transcolonic accesses P Sylla This key lecture analyses actual indications, complications and the adequacy of currently available instrumentations for transrectal and transcolonic accesses ...	Feb 2009
	Single port access surgery S Perretta In this lecture, we show a summary of several devices for single access and single port surgery. Related development in terms of instrumentation are also ...	Dec 2008
	Transvesical port: creation, closure and applicability in NOTES procedures J Correia-Pinto This lecture given at the latest NOTES course (June 6-7, 2008) discusses and deliberates the pros and cons of transvesical transluminal access. It also ...	Jul 2008
	Transvaginal access J Nassif This practical lecture details the rationale and methods for obtaining transvaginal access to both the peritoneum and retroperitoneum. It also provides the ...	Jul 2008
	NOTES: esophagus and mediastinum A Fritscher-Ravens This authoritative lecture presents current strategies and indications for effecting trans-esophageal access into the mediastinum for the purposes of NOTES ...	May 2008
	Transoral foregut endoscopic surgery GB Cadière This key note lecture details the evolution and current status of endoscopic techniques that effect transoral foregut surgery. The technology as well as ...	May 2008
	Access to peritoneal cavity via gastrotomy B Dallemagne This lecture from the 4th international NOTES course held at IRCAD gives an authoritative overview of methods for achieving transluminal peritoneal accesss and ...	Apr 2008
	NOTES sigmoidectomy technical tricks: experimental study on a porcine model J Leroy This detailed lecture with real-time video illustration demonstrates how sigmoidectomy may be performed via NOTES in an experimental model. As much as ...	Mar 2008
	Endoscopic suturing methods N Soper This state of the art lecture describes and analyses the latest innovative devices for performing endoscopic suturing. The latest technological development are ...	Mar 2008
	NOTES right colectomy with transrectal and transgastric access LL Swanström This lecture displays and discusses the performance of a right hemicolectomy by NOTES in a human cadaver model. Issues regarding the technique's evolution and ...	Feb 2008
	Universal approach to the peritoneal cavity H Feussner This lecture details the development and application of a modified-TEMS instrument that is proposed to facilitate trans-sigmoid NOTES procedures as well as ...	Dec 2007
	NOTES nephrectomy J Correia-Pinto This lecture discusses the rationale behind the proposal for combined-access NOTES procedures and details the speaker’s experience to-date on this approach.	Dec 2007
	Available endoscopic suturing methods PO Park This expert review details the spectrum of current available endoscopic suturing methods and devices and gives demonstrations of their applications.	Dec 2007
	Gastrojejunostomy PO Park This lecture demonstrates the methodology, as well as early and late sequelae, of an original method of fashioning a gastrojejunal anastomosis from within the ...	Nov 2007
	Physiology of NOTES J Marks This lecture details the likely physiological consequences of NOTES surgery and discusses the results of an experimental study investigating the biochemical ...	Nov 2007
	Closure with suturing methods M Bergström This video demonstrates the facility of a novel endoscopic closure device in closing NOTES access sites. It also discusses the short- and long-term outcomes of ...	Nov 2007
	Secure closure of the NOTES access site LL Swanström This lecture explains the principles underlying endoluminal closure of visceral access sites following NOTES procedures and demonstrates current techniques ...	Jul 2007
	NOTES combined approach: transgastric and transvesical ports J Correia-Pinto This explains the rationale underlying dual or combined access NOTES procedure nd demonstrates how this approach may be used for cholecystectomy and ...	Jul 2007
	Key challenges: How to get access to the peritoneal cavity? How to prevent infection? How to prevent gas leak? Transgastric access B Dunkin This lecture explains the principles regarding access to the abdominal cavity via a transgastric approach and provides details of the various techniques to ...	Jun 2007
	Transvesical access J Correia-Pinto This lecture explains the rationale for and advantages of lower abdominal access for intra-abdominal NOTES procedures. It then details from first principles ...	Jun 2007
	Transcolonic access C Thompson This lecture begins with covering pelvic organ NOTES operation via a transgastric approach before proceeding to cover the rationale, technique and performance ...	Jun 2007
	Transvaginal access A Watrelot, A Wattiez This lecture describes the long-established operation of colposcopy and how the technique has been progressed to provide a means of transvaginal access to the ...	Jun 2007
	Transrectal NOTES using TEM LL Swanström This lecture describes how the well-established technique of Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM) can be married to the principles and practice of ...	Jun 2007

Human application (10)

	NOTES or Single Port? What is the goal? B Dunkin In recent times, innovative techniques of Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) and Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) have been ...	Jun 2010
	NOTES transgastric cholecystectomy (2009 update) LL Swanström Transgastric cholecystectomy is feasible but there are, however, many challenges that need to be addressed in order to refine the technique. In this lecture, ...	Jan 2010
	Totally NOTES dual scope transvaginal cholecystectomy R Zorron Human applications of Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) are still limited. Most of the cases are performed by hybrid procedures with ...	Nov 2009
	NOTES-assisted endoscopic transvaginal splenectomy EM Targarona In this lecture, Professor Targarona shows one of his first two cases of transvaginal laparoscopically assisted splenectomies. He demonstrates that the vaginal ...	Apr 2009
	NOTES and colorectal resections J Leroy NOTES and colorectal resections: lessons learnt from the early experience, challenges to be met, and potential areas of improvement are all discussed by Prof. ...	Mar 2009
	Analysis and future of NOTES in humans N Soper There is an increasing worldwide interest in NOTES nowadays, but few clinical experiences in human NOTES thus far. New developments to achieve major progress ...	Nov 2008
	NOTES: diagnostic human studies J Hazey This lecture details some human diagnostic applications for NOTES and describes the discussant's own experience with the technique in patients.	Jul 2008
	NOTES cholecystectomy: initial clinical experience B Dallemagne This lecture describes how the initial clinical experience of NOTES cholecystectomy in human is proceeding in Europe and deliberates the modifications required ...	Feb 2008
	Transgastric NOTES cholecystectomy: Phase I efficacy and outcomes trial LL Swanström This lecture details a centre’s early clinical experience of using a hybrid NOTES technique to perform cholecystectomy in human patients. The rigors of ...	Nov 2007
	Transvaginal cholecystectomy S Perretta, J Marescaux This lecture details the development of the necessary expertise to perform the world’s first “no scar” NOTES cholecystectomy in a human patient. The ...	Jul 2007