2007 年 9 巻 2 号 p. 67-71
Full-thickness resection and lymph-node resection are required for early colorectal cancer and gastric cancer in natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES). Here we report a needle magnetic device that is capable of easily modifying magnetic force from outside the body and of readily attaching surgical tools to and detaching them from the abdominal wall. Only one hole for setting this device was established on the abdominal wall. This magnetic device allows pure NOTES in gastrointestinal surgery and lymph-node resection. We consider that this device should be more useful for NOTES by using electromagnetic wave controlling. This machine will become useful for NOTES by a wireless control. It was thought that this device was able to become more useful device for NOTES by applying a wireless control unit.