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NEWS ABOUT: natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery

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Doctors Try Surgery Without Breaking Skin

Critics fear scarless method is 'moving too quickly'

(Newser) - Doctors are trying a new surgical method that uses natural orifices to enter the body, leaves no scars, and lessens the chance of infection, the Boston Globe reports. It's called NOTES—natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery—and is being tested mostly on animals so far. Experts are already worried about... More »

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