Surgical Procedures: Gallbladder removal through mouth
In 2010, UC San Diego performed a clinical trial operation where they removed a woman’s gallbladder through her mouth. The surgery is called NOTES (natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery) which was done as part of a study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the oral and transvaginal NOTES compared to laparoscopy, measuring primarily the differences in terms of pain levels, cosmetic outcomes and costs.
Watch this video to learn more about NOTES!
Source: ucsdnews.ucsd.edu
