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• Colonic sterilization for natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) procedures: a comparison of two decontamination protocols.

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• Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery versus laparoscopic surgery for inadvertent colon injury repair: feasibility, risk of abdominal adhesions, and peritoneal contamination in a porcine survival model.

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• Infection during natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery: a randomized, controlled study in a live porcine model.

  Giday SA, Dray X, Magno P, Buscaglia JM, Shin EJ, Surti VC, Assumpcao L, Marohn MR, Ruben D, Zhigalin A, Pipitone LJ, Kantsevoy SV. Giday SA, et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 2010 Apr;71(4):812-6. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.11.037. Gastrointest Endosc. 2010. PMID: 20363423
• Effectivity of current sterility methods for transgastric NOTES procedures: results of a randomized porcine study.

  Eickhoff A, Vetter S, von Renteln D, Caca K, Kähler G, Eickhoff JC, Jakobs R, Riemann JF. Eickhoff A, et al. Endoscopy. 2010 Sep;42(9):748-52. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1255597. Epub 2010 Jul 28. Endoscopy. 2010. PMID: 20669093