Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is a surgical technique whereby "scarless" abdominal operations can be performed with an endoscope passed through a natural orifice (mouth, urethra, anus, vagina, etc.) then through an internal incision in the stomach, vagina, bladder or colon, thus avoiding any external incisions or scars.

In this new approach, endoscopes enter the abdominal and thoracic cavities via any single or combination of natural orifices - mouth, urethra, vagina, and anus. Depending on the orifice, rigid or flexible equipment can be used.

Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery, or NOTES, is a form of scarless surgery performed through an internal incision behind the uterus or in the stomach wall to access the abdominal cavity.

Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) has generated healthy and vigorous debate about the introduction of an entirely novel method of surgical therapy. Although there are many reasons for scepticism, there is undoubted interest in ...

Based on the minimally invasive surgery, a novel approach to the endoluminal endoscopic surgery named the natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is currently emerging because it has the advantage of avoiding surface incision.

Unlike standard surgical approaches, which require incisions to be made in the abdominal wall, natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) avoids the need for abdominal incisions and...

3 天之前 · Vaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (vNOTES) is a novel minimal invasive technique which employs the vaginal orifice for surgical access, after which endoscopic instruments are introduced, thus obviating the need for any external skin incisions.

2025年1月25日 · Vaginal hysterectomy (VH) is the approach of choice for benign uterine conditions and is suitable for outpatient care. Many studies suggest that the vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (V-Notes) technique is reliable and safe for outpatient surgery, but the literature includes only pilot studies with small cohorts.

2015年1月27日 · Natural-orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) represents one of the most significant innovations in surgery to emerge since the advent of laparoscopy. A decade of progress with this approach has now been catalogued, and yet its …

Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery is used in rare circumstances in adult surgical oncology for limited indications, including colorectal cancer, staging of gastrointestinal tumors, and splenectomy.