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International multicenter trial on clinical natural orifice surgery--NOTES IMTN study: preliminary results of 362 patients.

Ricardo R Zorron, Chinnusamy C Palanivelu, Manoel Passos MP Galvão Neto, Almino A Ramos, Gustavo G Salinas, Jens J Burghardt, Luis L DeCarli, Luiz L Henrique Sousa, Antonello A Forgione, Raffaele R Pugliese, Alcides J AJ Branco, T S TS Balashanmugan, Camilo C Boza, Francesco F Corcione, Fausto F D'Avila Avila, Néstor N Arturo Gómez, Paulo Ayrosa PA Galvão Ribeiro, Susana S Martins, Marcos M Filgueiras, Klaus K Gellert, Anibal A Wood Branco, William W Kondo, Jose J Inacio Sanseverino, José Américo G JA de Sousa, Lil L Saavedra, Edwin E Ramírez, Josemberg J Campos, K K Sivakumar, Pidigu Seshiyer PS Rajan, Priyadarshan Anand PA Jategaonkar, Muthukumaran M Ranagrajan, Ramakrishnan R Parthasarathi, Palanisamy P Senthilnathan, Mohan M Prasad, Diego D Cuccurullo, and Verena V Müller

Surg Innov 17(2):142-58 (2010) PMID 20504792

Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is evolving as a promising alternative for abdominal surgery. IMTN Registry was designed to prospectively document early results of natural orifice surgery among a large group of clinical cases.

DOI: 10.1177/1553350610370968
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