Lee JH, Chung CJ, Lee SC, Shin HJ. Anesthetic management of transoral natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery: two cases report.
Korean J Anesthesiol 2014;
67:148-52. [PMID:
25237454 PMCID:
PMC4166389 DOI:
10.4097/kjae.2014.67.2.148]
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Abstract
Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is an evolving field of minimally invasive surgery. NOTES reaches the target organ by inserting the endoscope through a natural orifice (e.g. mouth, anus, urethra, vagina) and offers advantages of less postoperative pain and lower complication rate. Since its first description in 2004, NOTES has progressed from use on animal models to humans. We experienced anesthetic care of two patients who underwent transoral NOTES under general anesthesia.
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