The History of Vaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (vNOTES)
摘要
Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is surgery that utilizes the natural orifices, such as the mouth, vagina, urethra, and rectum, as access into the peritoneal cavity to perform endoscopic surgery. Vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery, thereby, is the NOTES approach through the vaginal route.