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Commentary by Jo Buyske, MD

JAMA. 2007;298:1560-1561.

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Surgery Without Scars: Report of Transluminal Cholecystectomy in a Human Being

Jacques Marescaux, MD, FRCS; Bernard Dallemagne, MD; Silvana Perretta, MD; Arnaud Wattiez, MD; Didier Mutter, MD, PhD; Dimitri Coumaros, MD

Hypothesis: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) provides the potential for performance of incisionless operations. This would break the physical barrier between bodily trauma and surgery, representing an epical revolution in surgery. Our group at IRCAD-EITS (Institut de Recherche contre les Cancers de l’Appareil Digestif [Institute of Digestive Cancer Research]–European Institute of TeleSurgery) has been actively involved in the development of NOTES since 2004 with a dedicated project created to develop feasibility and survival studies and new endoscopic technology.

Design: NOTES cholecystectomy in a woman via a transvaginal approach.

Setting: University hospital.

Patient: The patient was a 30-year-old woman with symptomatic cholelithiasis.

Intervention: The procedure was carried out by a multidisciplinary . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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