A Western Perspective on 'New NOTES' from POEM to Full-thickness Resection and Beyond

摘要

Because the cornerstone of new natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) procedures is endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), the parent procedure, so to speak, of all new NOTES interventions, Western endoscopists were at a distinct disadvantage compared with their Asian colleagues in the adoption and development of new NOTES procedures.