Publication Name	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Manuscript ID	13508
Country	China

Received	2014-08-26 09:14
Peer-Review Started	2014-08-26 17:35
To Make the First Decision	2014-11-27 12:24
Return for Revision	2014-12-02 15:11
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Second Decision	2015-04-15 17:42
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2015-04-29 15:28
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Category	Surgery
Manuscript Type	Minireviews
Article Title	Towards the Holy Grail: What can we do for truly scarless surgery?
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Hai Hu and An-An Xu
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Hai Hu, MD, Professor, Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, East Hospital of Tongji University, 150 Jimo Road, Pudong, Shanghai 200120, China. huhailc@sina.com
Key Words	Minimally invasive surgery; Scarless surgery; Laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery; Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery; Scar-hidden endoscopic surgery
Core Tip	atural orifice transluminal surgery (NOTES) and Laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) are very exciting new modalities in the field of minimally invasive surgery which towards scarless surgery. However, according to objective assessment, NOTES (LESS) is far from the truly scarless surgery. Towards the Holy Grail, we have developed several techniques of creating nonvisible scar and named them as “Scar-hidden endoscopic surgery”. With the rapid development of science and technology, we believe that minimally invasive surgery over the next 2 decades will continue to bring remarkable change and realize truly scarless surgery.
Publish Date	2015-07-14 18:49
Citation	Hu H, Xu AA. Towards the Holy Grail: What can we do for truly scarless surgery? World J Gastrointest Endosc 2015; 7(8): 814-818
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5190/full/v7/i8/814.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v7.i8.814

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