Rensselaer Researchers Secure $2.7 Million NIH Grant To Advance "Scarless" Surgery
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 08:00
in Health & Medicine
The new $2.7 million, four-year study, funded by the NIH, seeks to accelerate the development of natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery, or NOTES. This emerging surgical technique shows promise for operating in the human abdomen with no external incisions, no external scarring, less pain, and potentially a lower risk of post-operative infection and immobility.