Gallbladder Removal Through Vagina Offers Minimally Invasive Alternative
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 21:35
in Health & Medicine
Physicians have successfully removed a patient's gallbladder through the vagina. The technique, known as NOTES—natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery—is gaining in popularity and has been characterized by many in the medical profession as laying the groundwork for truly “incisionless” surgery.