Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES).

Objective: Review of the application of natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) in human studies.

Summary Background Data: NOTES presents the latest promising technology that allows new access into the abdominal cavity through a natural orifice for multiple clinical applications. It has generated excitement among physicians for a potentially scar-free surgery.

Single incision laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SILS): a novel technique.

Background: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is an emerging bariatric procedure that typically necessitates five to seven small skin incisions to place five to seven trocars. The senior author (Saber) has developed a single umbilical incision approach to laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

Methods: Seven patients underwent single access transumbilical laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy between March 2008 and July 2008.

Laparoscopic spigelian hernia repair: the scroll technique.

Spigelian hernia is a rare clinical entity. It has a subtle clinical presentation with vague abdominal pain that may warrant laparoscopy. Even though laparoscopic ventral hernia repair is increasingly popular, laparoscopic repair of spigelian hernia has not been adequately studied.