Gastrointestinal tract access for urological natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery

Table 1 Transgastric gastrointestinal tract access urological natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery

Ref.	Access	Procedures	Model	Summary
Lima et al[8], 2007	Transgastric; transvesical	Nephrectomy (n = 6)	Porcine	Initial mild hemorrhage appropriately corrected in remaining group
Isariyawongse et al[9], 2008	Transgastric; transvaginal	Nephrectomy (n = 1)	Porcine	Successful bilateral nephrectomies achieved with both transvaginal and transgastric approaches
Sawyer et al[12], 2009	Transgastric; transuretrhal	Partial cystectomy (n = 5)	Porcine	Successful completion of pure transurethral NOTES transurethral (n = 4) and pure transgastric NOTES (n = 1)
Boylu et al[10], 2010	Transgastric; hybrid	Partial nephrectomy (n = 1)	Porcine	Use of thulium laser in successful partial nephrectomy
Fritscher-Ravens et al[11], 2008	Transgastric	Adrenalectomy (n = 10)	Porcine	A comparitave study of NOTES alone vs NOTES and endoscopic ultrasound guidance NOTES

NOTES: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery.