Open AccessEndoscopic knot tying:In vitroassessment in a porcine stomach model
Author(s) -
Mihai Ciocîrlan,
Mirela Ionescu,
Mircea Diculescu
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v5.i1.29
Subject(s) - stomach , medicine , endoscope , anatomy , endoscopy , forceps , surgery , therapeutic endoscopy , biomedical engineering , gastroenterology
To determine if surgical knotting performed via endoscopy is an effective closure method for natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery.