Gallbladder removal through vagina offers minimally invasive alternative

Physicians at Northwestern Memorial Hospital successfully removed a patient's gallbladder through the vagina, making them the first in the Midwest and the third in the country to perform the innovative procedure. The technique, known as NOTES - natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery - is gaining in popularity and has been characterised by many in the medical profession as laying the groundwork for truly 'incisionless' surgery...

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