title: Anesthetic management of transoral natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery: two cases report.
abstract: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is an evolving field of minimally invasive surgery. NOTES reaches the target organ by inserting the endoscope through a natural orifice (e.g. mouth, anus, urethra, vagina) and offers advantages of less postoperative pain and lower complication rate. Since its first description in 2004, NOTES has progressed from use on animal models to humans. We experienced anesthetic care of two patients who underwent transoral NOTES under general anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Hyeon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Chan Jong
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Seung Cheo
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Ho Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Shin
keywords: Anesthesia; Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery