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- Title
Transgastric large-organ extraction: the initial human experience.
- Authors
Dotai, Takayuki; Coker, Alisa M; Antozzi, Luciano; Acosta, Geylor; Michelotti, Marcos; Bildzukewicz, Nikolai; Sandler, Bryan J; Jacobsen, Garth R; Talamini, Mark A; Horgan, Santiago
- Abstract
In laparoscopy, it often is the case that port sites are enlarged for specimen extraction. This leads to higher risk of trocar site complications, such as infection or incisional hernia. Natural orifice surgery (NOTES) is beneficial for minimizing these complications, and this is emphasized when the extracted specimen is of large volume. We have been using transgastric technique for appendectomy, cholecystectomy, and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). Of these transgastric operations, we focus on the one with relatively large-organ extraction: LSG with transoral remnant extraction (TORE). We describe the details and feasibility of this procedure and compare the outcomes to conventional LSG.
- Publication
Surgical endoscopy, 2013, Vol 27, Issue 2, p394
- ISSN
1432-2218
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00464-012-2473-3