title: Novel NOTES Techniques and Experimental Devices for Endoscopic Full-thickness Resection (EFTR).
abstract: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES), in which a flexible endoscope is used to perform operations that have traditionally required laparoscopic surgery, has garnered attention as a minimally invasive surgery that does not leave a surgical wound on the body. Among the various forms of NOTES, endoscopic full-thickness resection (EFTR) is an ultraminimally invasive endoscopic surgery that allows for radical resection, which is an extension of endoscopic submucosal dissection and involves full-thickness excision of a tumor of the gastrointestinal tract wall. With further development of the equipment, including full-thickness suture instruments, nonexposed EFTR could be a feasible surgical procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Kagawa University, Kita, Kagawa, Japan; Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ehime Rosai Hospital, Niihama, Ehime, Japan. Electronic address: hiro4884@med.kagawa-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hirohito
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Kagawa University, Kita, Kagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobara
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Kagawa University, Kita, Kagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masaki
mesh_terms: D000069916:Endoscopic Mucosal Resection / Q000379:methods; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000601:surgery; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000601:surgery; D057605:Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D000072836:Surgical Wound / Q000517:prevention & control
keywords: Exposed EFTR; Feasible surgical procedure; Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery; Nonexposed EFTR; Ultraminimally invasive