Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 4, Issue 5 , Pages 660-663, September 2008

Human hybrid NOTES transvaginal sleeve gastrectomy: initial experience

  • Almino Cardoso Ramos, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Bariatric Surgery, Gastro Obeso Center, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Natan Zundel, M.D., F.A.C.S.

      Affiliations

    • Consultant, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, FSFB, Colombia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Natan Zundel, M.D., F.A.C.S., 17038 W. Dixie Hwy, Suite 210, Miami Beach, FL 33160
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  • Manoel Galvao Neto, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Bariatric Endoscopy, Gastro Obeso Center, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Majed Maalouf, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • General Surgery, Alleghany General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Received 9 May 2008; received in revised form 10 June 2008; accepted 27 June 2008. published online 21 July 2008.

Abstract 

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is gaining popularity as a treatment of morbid obesity. It is a relatively new procedure with a postoperative follow-up not exceeding 5 years. The natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgical procedures are also gaining in popularity, and we are now experiencing the first transition from animal to human trials. We describe the first sleeve gastrectomy surgery for morbid obesity using the vagina as the natural orifice in the form of a hybrid natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery transvaginal sleeve gastrectomy, including the short-term outcomes and complications.

Keywords: Sleeve gastrectomy, Bariatric surgery, Transvaginal, Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery, NOTES

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PII: S1550-7289(08)00563-7

doi:10.1016/j.soard.2008.06.009

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 4, Issue 5 , Pages 660-663, September 2008

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