Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) – Textbook and Video Atlas

Anthony N. Kalloo, Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Maryland, USA From 1994-2000, Prof Kalloo was Consultant to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); and since 2000, has been Panel Chair for Gastroenterology and Urology Devices at the FDA. In 2009 he was named ASGE Distinguished Educator of the Year. He has had 85 articles and 32 book chapters published. Jacques Marescaux, Professor of Surgery, Chairman and Head, Department of Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital of Strasbourg He is formerly General Secretary of the French Society of Digestive Surgery, President of the Scientific Council of ANAES (National Agency for the Development of Medical Evaluation), and General Secretary of Scientific Council of ANAES. Professor Marescaux has had 288 articles published. Ricardo Zorron, Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Teresopolis HCTCO-FESO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Full Professor and Chairman, Dept of Surgery, extensive experience in advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery including the areas of gastrointestinal surgery, coloproctology, oncology, endocrine surgery and robotics.

Contributors, xx Foreword, xx Preface, xx Section 1: Development of NOTES Concept 1 History of NOTES Xavier Dray, Anthony N. Kalloo 2 Endoscopic Platforms for NOTES Pankaj J. Pasricha, Homero Rivas 3 Physiology of NOTES Juliane Bingener, Angela M. Johnson 4 Infection Control in NOTES Peter N. Nau, Jeffrey W. Hazey 5 NOTES Access Techniques Eduardo A. Bonin, Christopher J. Gostout 6 NOTES Closure Techniques Erwin Rieder, Lee L. Swanstrom 7 Minilaparoscopy in the Endoscopy Unit Arthur Hoffman, Ralf Kiesslich 8 Single Port Laparoscopy Ricardo Zorron, Katherine Gash, Anthony R. Dixon 9 Computer Assisted NOTES: From Augmented Reality to Automation Luc Soler, Stephane Nicolau, Michel de Mathelin, Jacques Marescaux Section 2: Current Clinical Applications and Techniques 10 NOTES for Peritoneal Exploration Seigo Kitano, Kazuhiro Yasuda 11 NOTES Cholecystectomy Bernard Dallemagne, Jacques Marescaux 12 NOTES Appendectomy Jorn Bernhardt, Holger Steffen, Sylke Schneider-Koriath, Kaja Ludwig 13 NOTES Applications in Colorectal Surgery Joel Leroy, Michele Diana, James Wall 14 NOTES Applied for Rectal Surgery Patricia Sylla 15 Bariatric NOTES Procedures Michel Vix, James Wall, Jacques Marescaux 16 Urologic Applications of NOTES Candace F. Granberg, Mitchell R. Humphreys, Matthew T. Gettman 17 Gynecologic Applications of NOTES Antoine Watrelot, Geraldine Chauvin, Arnaud Wattiez 18 NOTES Thyroidectomy Tahar Benhidjeb, Michael Stark Section 3: Perspectives on NOTES 19 Emerging NOTES Applications Ricardo Zorron, Haru Inoue 20 NOTES Applications in Veterinary Medicine Lynetta J. Freeman, Karine S. Pader 21 NOTES and Pregnancy: Where We Are and Where We Could Go Nicolas Bourdel, Janyne Althaus 22 Thoracic Cavity Application of NOTES Alex Escalona, Brian G. Turner, Denise W. Gee 23 Designing the NOTES Procedure Room Mouen A. Khashab, Anthony N. Kalloo 24 Evolution and Future Developments of Instrument Technology for NOTES D. Nageshwar Reddy, G. V. Rao, Magnus J. Mansard 25 Training the Gastroenterologist for NOTES Nitin Kumar, Christopher C. Thompson 26 Training the Surgeon for NOTES Silvana Perretta, Bernard Dallemagne, Jacques Marescaux 27 Simulator-based training of NOTES procedures Kai Matthes, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Woojin Ahn, Suvranu De 28 Possibilities for the future Alexander Aurora, Jeffrey Ponsky