Review Article
Natural Orifice Transesophageal Endoscopic Surgery: State of the Art
Table 1
Transesophageal NOTES procedures in animal studies.
| Mediastinoscopy | Cardiomyotomy | Thoracoscopy | Esophagomyotomy | Lymphadenectomy | Vagotomy | Pleural biopsy | Sympathectomy | Myocardial and left atrium injection | Esophagectomy and end-to-end anastomosis* | Pericardial fenestration | Pulmonary lobectomy* | Epicardial ablation | Left atrial appendage ligation* |
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*With single transthoracic trocar assistance.
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