Editorial
Copyright ©2010 Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Aug 21, 2010; 16(31): 3859-3864
Published online Aug 21, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i31.3859
Table 1 Pancreatic resections via natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery
YrAccessOperationModelnType of studyPure NOTES
Matthes et al[56]2007TransgastricDistal pancreatectomySwine6Feasibility, nonsurvival+
Ryou et al[55]2007Transcolonic/transvaginalDistal pancreatectomySwine5Nonsurvival (3), survival (2)-
Willingham et al[58]2009TransgastricDistal pancreatectomySwine28Survival-
Allemann et al[57]2009TransvaginalDistal pancreatectomySwine5Nonsurvival+