Transvesical route for NOTES urological applications: advances & controversies

• Author(s): Lima, E ; Rolanda, C ; Correia-Pinto, J
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.23/574
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Hospital de Braga
• Subject(s): Cicatriz; Cirurgia Endoscópica Transluminal por Orifícios Naturais; Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Urológicos
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) has emerged recently in the experimental surgical field, innovating for the passage of luminal barrier, the absence of scars and reduction of post-operative pain. Among the various ports of access (transvaginal, transgastric, transvesical and transcolonic), this paper is an update on advances & controversies of transvesical port for NOTES Urological applications.