[Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES): initial experimental results].

Introduction: The advent of natural orifice endoscopic surgery (NOTES) and new prototypes for performing this surgical procedure led us to design an experimental animal surgical programme.

Material And Method: NOTES was performed over a period of one year, in sows, following the European guidelines on the use of experimental animals. Ninety operations were performed with no animals surviving.