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NOTES: Common Complications and Management

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Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) may have potential advantages when compared with traditional transabdominal or transthoracic surgical approaches. These include better cosmesis, fewer incisional hernias, decreased postoperative pain, and quicker return to full function. Human NOTES procedures performed worldwide thus far seem to confirm these benefits.

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  1. Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 15 Parkman Street, WACC460, Boston, MA, 02459, USA

    Denise W. Gee MD (Minimally Invasive Surgeon)

  2. Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    David W. Rattner MD (Chief)

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  1. , Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, 1100 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 19107, Pennsylvania, USA

    David S. Tichansky, MD, FACS

  2. Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Pasteur Drive 300, Stanford, 94305, USA

    John Morton, MD, MPH

  3. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical, Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical School, Brookline Ave. 330, Boston, 02215-5400, Massachusetts, USA

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Gee, D.W., Rattner, D.W. (2012). NOTES: Common Complications and Management. In: Tichansky, MD, FACS, D., Morton, MD, MPH, J., Jones, D. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Quality, Outcomes and Patient Safety. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7901-8_35

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