Open AccessNatural orifice transluminal endoscopic wedge hepatic resection with a water-jet hybrid knife in a non-survival porcine model
Author(s) -
Hong Shi,
Shuhui Jiang,
Bin Li,
Deng-Ke Fu,
Xin Pei,
Yongguang Wang
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v17.i7.926
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , dissection (medical) , wedge resection , fibrous joint , hemostasis , wedge (geometry) , resection , anatomy , physics , optics
To explore the feasibility of a water-jet hybrid knife to facilitate wedge hepatic resection using a natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) approach in a non-survival porcine model.