NOTES abdominal exploration: a prospective comparative study of laparoscopy, transgastric NOTES and transcolonic NOTES in a porcine model

Inflammatory impact of NOTES peritoneoscopy is not different from that of laparoscopy: a randomized comparative study in a survival porcine model

“…Several studies have analyzed the inflammatory response of transgastric NOTES and compared it with laparoscopy and laparotomy, with conflicting results [26][27][28][29]. Very recently, transvaginal cholecystectomy has been shown to preserve immune function similarly to laparoscopic cholecystectomy [30,31]. However, transcolonic access has not been adequately studied [32].…”