title: Response.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Digestive Health and Liver Diseases, Mercy Medical Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Sergey V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kantsevoy
authors.affiliation: Institute for Digestive Health and Liver Diseases, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bitner
authors.affiliation: FBUZ Privolzhskij Area Medical Center FMBA Russian Federation, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia.
authors.forename: Aleksandr A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Mitrakov
authors.affiliation: Institute for Digestive Health and Liver Diseases, Mercy Medical Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Thuluvath
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*