Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery: The transvaginal route moving forward from cholecystectomy

Table 1 Transvaginal NOTES procedures reported to date

Author	Year	NOTES	NO. of patients	Operation
Pugliese	2009	Hybrid	18	Cholecystectomy
DeCarli	2009	Hybrid	12	Cholecystectomy
Gumbs	2009	Hybrid (3)/Pure (1)	4	Cholecystectomy
Zornig	2009	Hybrid	68	Cholecystectomy
Seven	2009	Hybrid	2	Cholecystectomy
Castro-Perez	2009	Hybrid	7	Cholecystectomy
Horgan	2009	Hybrid	9	Cholecystectomy
Horgan	2009	Hybrid	1	Cholecystectomy
Horgan	2009	Hybrid	1	Appendectomy
Targarona	2009	Hybrid	1	Splenectomy
Tabutsadze	2009	Hybrid	2	Appendectomy
Nakajima	2009	Hybrid	2	Partial Gastrectomy
De Sousa	2009	Pure	4	Cholecystectomy
Navarra	2009	Hybrid	6	Cholecystectomy
Noguera	2009	Hybrid	15	Cholecystectomy
Noguera	2009	Hybrid	1	Liver Resection
Palanivelu	2009	Hybrid	6	Cholecystectomy
Cardoso Ramos	2008	Hybrid	4	Sleeve Gastrectomy
Cardoso Ramos	2008	Hybrid	32	Cholecystectomy
Zorrón	2008	Pure	1	Cancer Diagnostic Staging
DeCarli	2008	Hybrid	1	Cholecystectomy
Lacy	2008	Hybrid	1	Sigmoidectomy
Palanivelu	2008	Hybrid (2)/Pure (1)	3	Appendectomy
Branco Filho	2007	Hybrid	1	Cholecystectomy
Dolz	2007	Hybrid	1	Cholecystectomy
Zornig	2007	Hybrid	20	Cholecystectomy
Forgione	2007	Hybrid	3	Cholecystectomy
Marescaux	2007	Hybrid	1	Cholecystectomy
Bessler	2007	Hybrid	1	Cholecystectomy
Zorrón	2007	Hybrid	1	Cholecystectomy

NOTES: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery.