Clinical Studies

Active clinical trials include the following:

• Durability of the self-approximating translumenal access technique (STAT) for potential use in natural orifice translumenal surgery (NOTES)
• Transgastric organ resection solely with the prototype R-scope and the self-approximating transluminal access technique
• Directed submucosal tunneling permits in-line endoscope positioning for transgastric natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES)
• Parastomal hernia repair: a single center experience
• Technique for transesophageal endoscopic cardiomyotomy (Heller myotomy)
• Self-approximating transluminal access technique for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery: a porcine survival study
• A self-approximating transluminal access technique for potential use in NOTES: an ex vivo porcine model
• Surgical Outcomes and quality of life after Heller Myotomy for Achalasia
• Surgical Outcomes and quality of life after Paraesophageal hernia repair

If you are a patient interested in one of these trials, please contact the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery at (717) 531-7462.