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ArticleSurgical endoscopy2016

New device for transrectal trocar placement and rectal sealing for NOTES: a porcine in vivo and human cadaver study.

Jonas D Senft, Philip Gath, Tilman Dröscher, Philip C Müller, Benedict Carstensen, Felix Nickel, Beat P Müller-Stich, Georg R Linke

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Article in Surgical endoscopy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Jonas D SenftDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Philip GathDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Tilman DröscherDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Philip C MüllerDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Benedict CarstensenDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Robert Bosch Hospital, Auerbachstrasse 110, 70376, Stuttgart, Germany.
Felix NickelDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Beat P Müller-StichDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Georg R LinkeDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. georg.linke@spitalstsag.ch.
Heidelberg University · DERobert Bosch Hospital · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo date, hybrid NOTES, combining transvaginal and laparoscopic access, represents the most popular clinically applied NOTES approach enabling surgical handling comparable to laparoscopic surgery. The transrectal route could be used in a similar way; however, suitable devices facilitating feasible transrectal access and rectal sealing are lacking.

methodsIn collaboration with Karl Storz GmbH, we tailored a rectoscope and trocars to facilitate transrectal trocar placement and rectal sealing for hybrid NOTES procedures using rigid instruments. Five German Landrace pigs underwent transrectal hybrid NOTES cholecystectomy using the new devices. In a second experiment, the transferability to human anatomy was assessed in a human cadaver.

resultsUsing the new devices, transrectal trocar placement and rectal sealing proved to be feasible in both experiments. Transrectal hybrid NOTES cholecystectomy could be performed without complications.

conclusionThe presented devices provide a tailored operating platform allowing precise transrectal trocar insertion and feasible sealing of the rectotomy. Consequently, these new instruments may pave the way for transrectal hybrid NOTES procedures and could succeed to clinical use in future.

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Equipment DesignAnimalsCadaverHumansLaparoscopyMaleModels, AnatomicNatural Orifice Endoscopic SurgeryRectumSurgical InstrumentsSus scrofaSwineWound Closure TechniquesEndoscopyNatural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES)TransanalTransanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM)Transrectal

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