Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery applications in clinical practice

Table 1 Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery clinical papers

Author	Yr	Operation	No. of patients	Operative time (min)	Route of access	Hybrid/pure	Morbidity	Level of evidence
Cholecystectomy
Marescaux[11]	2007	Cholecystectomy	1	180	Transvaginal	Pure	Nil	4
Bessler[51]	2007	Cholecystectomy	1	NA	Transvaginal	Hybrid	NA	4
Dolz[52]	2007	Cholecystectomy	1	95	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	4
Zornig[53]	2007	Cholecystectomy	20	63	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	3b
Forgione[7]	2007	Cholecystectomy	3	136	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	3b
Zorron[54]	2007	Cholecystectomy	1	81	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	4
Ramos[55]	2008	Cholecystectomy	32	38	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	3b
Zornig[56]	2009	Cholecystectomy	68	51	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Douglas pouch abscess, conserv. Mx	3b
Dallemagne[15]	2009	Cholecystectomy	5	150	Transgastric	Hybrid	Nil	3b
Decarli[57]	2008	Cholecystectomy	1	85	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	4
Decarli[58]	2009	Cholecystectomy	12	125.8	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Vulval lac, Nil post-op	3b
Gumbs[12]	2009	Cholecystectomy	4	209 (hybrid) 185 (pure)	Transvaginal	3 hybrid/ 1 pure	Nil	3b
Auyang[59]	2009	Cholecystectomy	1		Transgastric	Hybrid	Nil	4
Horgan[60]	2009	Cholecystectomy	1	96	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	4
Seven[61]	2009	Cholecystectomy	2	130	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	4
Castro-Perez[62]	2009	Cholecystectomy	7	72.4	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	3b
Horgan[8]	2009	Cholecystectomy	9	114	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	3b
De Sousa[13]	200	Cholecystectomy	4	45-115	Transvaginal	Pure	Nil	3b
Navarra[63]	2009	Cholecystectomy	6	NA	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	3b
Noguera[10]	2009	Cholecystectomy	15	NA	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Haematuria no intervention	3b
Noguera[64]	2009	Cholecystectomy	20	66.5	Transvaginal	Hybrid	UTI	3b
Palanivelu[65]	2009	Cholecystectomy	6	148.5	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Subhepatic collection USS drainage	3b
Pugliese[66]	2010	Cholecystectomy	18	75	Transvaginal	Hybrid	1 biliary leak, healed 7 d	3b
Zorron[3]	2010	Cholecystectomy	240	96	Transvaginal	Hybrid/pure	6.67%	3a
Zorron[3]	2010	Cholecystectomy	29	111	Transgastric	Hybrid	24.14%	3a
Lehmann[4]	2010	Cholecystectomy	488	61.9	Transvaginal	Hybrid	17 bladder/bowel injuries/vaginal bleeding/UTI/wound infection	3a
Appendicectomy
Palanivelu[19]	2008	Appendicectomy	3	103.5	Transvaginal	2 hybrid/ 1 pure	Nil	4
Bernhart[20]	2008	Appendicectomy	1	NA	Transvaginal	Pure	Nil	4
Rao[22]	2008	Appendicectomy	8	NA	Transgastric	Pure	2 converted out of 10 attempted	3b
Horgan[60]	2009	Appendicectomy	1	78	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	4
Horgan[60]	2009	Appendicectomy	1	150	Transgastric	Hybrid	Nil	4
Tabutsadze[21]	2009	Appendicectomy	2	82	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	4
Shin[67]	2010	Appendicectomy	1	60	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	4
Park[23]	2010	Appendicectomy	3	NA	Transgastric	Pure	1 converted to lap / 1 converted to open + pneumonthorax	4
Zorron[3]	2010	Appendicectomy	37	60.5	Transvaginal	Hybrid	8.10%	3a
Zorron[3]	2010	Appendicectomy	14	135.5	Transgastric	Hybrid	21.42%	3a
Lehmann[4]	2010	Appendicectomy	42	47.1	Transvaginal	41 hybrid /1 Pure	Nil	3a
Peritonoscopy
Gettman[36]	2007	Peritonoscopy	1	40	Transvesical	Hybrid	Nil	4
Pearl[68]	2007	Peritonoscopy	4	NA	Transgastric	Hybrid	NA	4
Hazey[33]	2008	Peritonoscopy	10	24.8	Transgastric	Hybrid	Nil	3b
Zorron[34]	2008	Peritonoscopy	1	105	Transvaginal	Pure	Nil	4
Nikfarjam[32]	2010	Peritonoscopy	9	NA	Transgastric	Hybrid	1	4
Nau[30]	2011	Peritonoscopy	130	NA	Transgastric	Hybrid	NA	3b
Memark[31]	2010	Peritonoscopy	40	19.5	Transgastric	Hybrid	Nil	3b
Zorron[3]	2010	Peritonoscopy	8	35	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	3a
Zheng[35]	2011	Peritonoscopy	5	NA	Transgastric	Pure	Nil	3b
Sleeve Gastrectomy
Ramos[28]	2008	Sleeve Gastrectomy	1	95	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	4
Fischer[69]	2009	Sleeve Gastrectomy	1	NA	Transvaginal	Hybrid	NA	4
Lacy[70]	2009	Sleeve Gastrectomy	1	150	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	4
Chouillard[27]	2010	Sleeve Gastrectomy	20	116	Transvaginal	Hybrid	1 pneumonia	3b
Buesing[71]	2010	Sleeve Gastrectomy	14	NA	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	3a
Zorron[3]	2010	Sleeve Gastrectomy	5	NA	Transvaginal	Hybrid	NA	3a
Lehmann[4]	2010	Sleeve Gastrectomy	6	103.9	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	3a
Nephrectomy
Kaouk[45]	2009	Nephrectomy	1	420	Transvaginal	Pure	Nil	4
Zorron[3]	2010	Nephrectomy	4	NA	Transvaginal	Hybrid	NA	3a
Sigmoidectomy / Colectomy
Lacy[38]	2008	Sigmoidectomy	1	150	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	4
Zorron[3]	2010	Sigmoidectomy	12	192	Transvaginal	Hybrid	1 UTI	3a
Lehmann[4]	2010	Sigmoidectomy	14	122.6	Transvaginal	Hybrid	Nil	3a
Leroy[39]	2011	Sigmoidectomy	1	105	Transanal	Hybrid	Nil	4

NA: Not available.