Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 251-258 , November 2006

Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES)

  • Bilal M. Shafi, MD, MSE

      Affiliations

    • Biodesign Surgical Innovation Program, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
    • Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • ,
  • Carlos M. Mery, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Biodesign Surgical Innovation Program, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
    • Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA.
  • ,
  • Gary Binyamin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biodesign Surgical Innovation Program, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
  • ,
  • Sanjeev Dutta, MD, MA

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Sanjeev Dutta, MD, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University Medical Center, 780 Welch Road, Suite 206, Stanford, CA 94305.

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PII: S1055-8586(06)00052-7

doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2006.07.004

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 251-258 , November 2006