The “Rendezvous”: Principle in Endoscopic and Surgical Procedures

One early form of “Rendezvous” maneuver was developed by using laparoscopic and endoscopic techniques. This technique was applied in patients with gastric tumors and gastric lesions, which needed to be resected for histologic evaluation. By now, several other “Rendezvous” techniques have been developed and reported. Quite often these approaches are individual procedures reasoned and indicated by special individual situations of a patient. Based on these ideas, one could develop more perspectives for combined concepts to facilitate or enable an individualized technical approach for a special situation.