ASGE/SAGES Working Group on Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery

Kalloo AN, Singh VK, Jagannath SB, Niiyama H, Hill SL, Vaughn CA, Magee CA, Kantsevoy SV. Flexible transgastric peritoneoscopy: a novel approach to diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. Gastrointest Endosc 2004;60:114–7

Jagannath SB, Kantsevoy SV, Vaughn CA, Chung SSC, Cotton PB, Gostout CJ, Hawes RH, Pasricha PJ, Scorpio DG, Magee CA, Pipitone LJ, Kalloo AN. Peroral transgastric endoscopic ligation of fallopian tubes with long-term survival in a porcine model. Gastrointest Endosc 2005;61:449–53

Park PO, Bergstrom M, Ikeda K, Fritscher-Ravens A, Swain P. Experimental studies of transgastric gallbladder surgery: cholecystectomy and cholecystogastric anastomosis. Gastrointest Endosc 2005,61:601–6

Kantsevoy SV, Jagannath SB, Niiyama H, Vaughn CA, Chung SSC, Cotton PB, Gostout CJ, Hawes RH, Pasricha PJ, Magee CA, Barlow D, Shimonaka H, Kalloo AN. Endoscopic gastrojejunostomy with survival in a porcine model. Gastrointest Endosc 2005;62:287–92

Kantsevoy SV, Hu B, Jagannath SB, Vaughn CA, Beitler DM, Chung SCC, Cotton PB, Gostout CJ, Hawes RJ, Pasricha PJ, Magee CA, Pipitone LJ, Talamini MA, Kalloo AN. Per-oral transgastric endoscopic splenectomy: is it possible? Surg Endosc (In Press)

Wagh MS, Merrifield BF, Thompson CC. Endoscopic transgastric abdominal exploration and organ resection: initial experience in a porcine model. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol (In Press)

Wagh MS, Merrifield BF, Thompson CC. Survival studies after endoscopic transgastric oophorectomy and tubectomy in a porcine model. Gastrointest Endosc (In Press)

Ponsky JL. Gastroenterologist as surgeons: what they need to know. Gastrointest Endosc 2005;61:454

Hochberger J, Lamade W. Transgastric surgery in the abdomen: the dawn of a new era? Gastrointest Endosc 2005;62:293–6