The Surgeon
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 44-50 , February 2010

Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery – here and now

Received 14 October 2009 ,Accepted 22 October 2009.

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☆ Based on the Millin Lecture, November 2010, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

PII: S1479-666X(09)00004-3

doi: 10.1016/j.surge.2009.10.003

The Surgeon
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 44-50 , February 2010

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