Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) for colon resections—analysis of the first 139 patients of the German NOTES Registry (GNR)

Background The German NOTES registry (GNR) is the largest published database for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) worldwide. Although transvaginal cholecystectomy is the most frequent procedure in the GNR, the number of colorectal resections is increasing. The objective of this study was to analyze the first 139 colonic procedures of the GNR.