Adhesions are common after conventional surgery; natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) avoids peritoneal disruption and may reduce adhesions.
Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery versus laparoscopic surgery for inadvertent colon injury repair: feasibility, risk of abdominal adhesions, and peritoneal contamination in a porcine survival model.
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Digestive Disease Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA.
