For residents and colleagues
Resident education
This section contains narrated surgical videos and recommended literature for residents in general surgery and gastroenterological surgery.
This section is intended for healthcare professionals. For information about conditions and operations, please see the Patient guide section.
Patient guide →Surgical videos
Training videos are in preparation
Surgical technique videos and training materials will be published on this page soon.
Recommended literature
Below you can find published studies on NOSE and minimally invasive colorectal surgery.
- 2022Laparoscopic total colectomy with natural orifice specimen extraction: current status until 2022, a scoping reviewA scoping review summarising worldwide experience with whole-colon operations in which the tissue is removed without an abdominal incision.ALES ↗(opens in a new tab)
- 2021Natural orifice specimen extraction versus transabdominal extraction in laparoscopic right hemicolectomyA study comparing removal of the tissue taken out during right colon surgery through a natural opening instead of an abdominal incision.PubMed ↗(opens in a new tab)
- 2021A Case Series of Laparoscopic Colorectal Resections with Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction and Systematic Literature ReviewResults of a series of colorectal operations performed with natural orifice specimen extraction, and a systematic review of the literature.PubMed ↗(opens in a new tab)
- 2019A Comparison of Natural Orifice Versus Transabdominal Specimen Extraction Following Laparoscopic Total ColectomyA study examining the effect of different tissue removal routes on recovery in operations in which the whole colon is removed by the minimally invasive (keyhole) method.PubMed ↗(opens in a new tab)
- 2017Two cases of laparoscopic total colectomy with natural orifice specimen extraction and review of the literatureA report of two whole-colon operations performed with incision-free tissue removal, and a review of the literature.PubMed ↗(opens in a new tab)
- 2017J-pouch vs. side-to-end anastomosis after hand-assisted laparoscopic low anterior resectionA comparison of two techniques used to reconnect the bowel in surgery for rectal cancer.