Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (Notes), Textbook and Video Atlas

Are you interested in using NOTES to treat your patients? Do you need a multimedia tool to guide you through all aspects of clinical management?  

Just as laparoscopic surgery revolutionized surgical practice in the 1980’s and 90’s, offering genuine competition to traditional open surgery, Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) presents a genuinely different alternative for surgeons and patients alike as we move forward in the 21st century.  Advantages over laparoscopic surgery include lower anesthesia requirements, faster recovery and shorter hospital stays, avoidance of transabdominal wound infections, less immunosuppression, better postoperative pulmonary and diaphragmatic function and of course, the potential for "scarless" abdominal surgery.

Combining high-level text with a superb companion website, Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES): Textbook and Video-Atlas provides you with a hands-on, in-depth and practical multimedia tool on this exciting breakthrough, to consult either on the ward or in surgery. Highlights include:

• Full coverage of the fundamentals of NOTES, its current clinical applications and techniques, and future perspectives
• Over 50 outstanding videos illustrating NOTES being performed by the experts
• Full-color throughout and superbly illustrated with over 250 figures
• Edited by global leaders and pioneers in the field, who have recruited a world-class contributor team

 As well being a valuable text for gastroenterologists, GI surgeons and general surgeons, Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES): Textbook and Video-Atlas will also appeal to urologists, urologic surgeons, gynecologists, gynecologic surgeons, thoracic and ENT surgeons.

Anthony N. Kalloo, Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Maryland, USA
From 1994-2000, Prof Kalloo was Consultant to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); and since 2000, has been Panel Chair for Gastroenterology and Urology Devices at the FDA.  In 2009 he was named ASGE Distinguished Educator of the Year. He has had 85 articles and 32 book chapters published.

Jacques Marescaux, Professor of Surgery, Chairman and Head, Department of Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital of Strasbourg
He is formerly General Secretary of the French Society of Digestive Surgery, President of the Scientific Council of ANAES (National Agency for the Development of Medical Evaluation), and General Secretary of Scientific Council of ANAES. Professor Marescaux has had 288 articles published.

Ricardo Zorron, Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Teresopolis HCTCO-FESO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Full Professor and Chairman, Dept of Surgery, extensive experience in advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery including the areas of gastrointestinal surgery, coloproctology, oncology, endocrine surgery and robotics.