Transvaginal Appendectomy - Pure NOTES

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This video presents an appendectomy performed purely thru the vagina without any abdominal incisions at all.

This type of surgery is called Scarless Surgery or Natural Orifice Surgery (NOTES) and is the last frontier in minimally invasive surgery and allows surgeons to perform abdominal surgeries - i.e. an appendectomy or cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) - without any incisions on the abdomen and results in significant less pain and faster return to normal activity after the surgery.

Video by Kurt Robers MD.

tags: appendectomy appendix NOTES


Mateusz Spałek
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Mateusz Spałek

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