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On Wednesday, March 12, 2008, surgeons at UC San Diego Medical Center performed what is believed to be the country’s first removal of a diseased appendix through the mouth.  This clinical trial procedure received approval for a limited number of patients by UC San Diego’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) which oversees clinical research. Learn more about this exciting procedure by following the news links below.

Related Specialties Minimally Invasive Surgery/NOTES   Featured Doctors Mark Talamini, M.D. Santiago Horgan, M.D.

• The No-Incision Appendectomy - TIME
  Surgeons Santiago Horgan and Mark Talamini made a small incision in the wall of the patient's vagina, through which they passed surgical tools and a small ...
• Open Wide. No, Wider. | Newsweek Health | Newsweek.com
  

  Apr 5, 2008 ... Dr. Mark Talamini, chairman of the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine's department of surgery and one of the doctors ...
• Surgery Without the Slicing- BusinessWeek
  Apr 3, 2008 ... This revolutionary procedure is labeled scarless surgery because it ... one of the surgeons on the San Diego team that operated on Scholz. ...
• UCSD Surgeon Performs 'Scarless' Appendix Removal - Local News ... - www.NBCSanDiego.com
  Dr. Santiago Horgan performed the "scarless surgery" on Jeff Scholz, 42, according to hospital officials. The procedure, called Natural Orifice Translumenal ...
• News 14 | 24 Hour Local News | TOP STORIES | Scarless surgery
  Scarless surgery. This year, more than one million people will go under the knife to have ...
• Appendix Removed via Patient's Mouth - www.WebMD.com
  For the first time in the US, surgeons have removed a patient's appendix through the mouth.
• Appendix removed through mouth - UPI.com
  SAN DIEGO, March 17 (UPI) -- In another milestone for minimally invasive surgery, U.S. surgeons removed an diseased appendix through a patient's mouth. ...
• ABC News: Surgeons Remove Appendix Through Mouth
  Not according to researchers at the University of California, San Diego, who removed a patient's appendix a few days ago by pulling it out through his mouth ...
• Appendix Removed via Patient's Mouth - Health and Medical ... www.medicinenet.com
  Mar 19, 2008 ... Read doctor-produced health and medical information written for you to make informed decisions about your health concerns.
• Appendix Removed via Patient's Mouth - www.medscape.com
  Mar 21, 2008 ... The first-ever appendectomy via mouth was performed successfully this week at the University of California San Diego's Center for the Future ...
• Newswise Medical News | Appendix Removed through Mouth, First in U.S.
  Appendix Removed through Mouth, First in U.S. ... performed what is believed to be the country’s first removal of a diseased appendix through the mouth. ...
• Appendix Removed Via Mouth; First Such Surgery In U.S.- www.sciencedaily.com
  On Wednesday, March 12, 2008, surgeons at UC-San Diego Medical Center performed what is believed to be the country's first removal of a diseased appendix ...
• PressHerald.com | The Checkup: "I had my appendix removed through ...
  Mar 21, 2008 ... Last week, surgeons at UC San Diego apparently performed the country’s first appendix removal via the mouth on a 42-year-old La Jolla man ...
• Appendix Removed Via Mouth - Video - WEWS Cleveland
  Appendix Removed Via Mouth. Appendix Removed Via Mouth.
• Appendix Removed Through Patient's Mouth For First Time ...www.local6.com
  SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- A man in California has become the world's first person to have his appendix taken out through his mouth, according to surgeons. 
• cbs5.com - Appendix Removal Option May Stop Scars, Ease Pain
  A first-of-its-kind surgery performed in San Diego is getting international attention. Doctors removed a diseased appendix through the mouth of a patient.
• FOXNews.com - Surgeons Remove Gallbladder Through Patient's Vagina ...
  Sep 14, 2007 ... Surgeons Remove Gallbladder Through Patient's Vagina, Surgeons at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center have successfully ...
  
• Surgeons Remove Patient's Gall Bladder Through Vagina www.sciencedaily.com
  Sep 18, 2007 ... Her gallbladder was removed through the vagina during a 1.5 hour procedure. UC San Diego Medical Center is the third U.S.-based hospital to ...
  Local Woman's Gallbladder Removed In Unique Procedure - San Diego ... www.10news.com
  SAN DIEGO -- A San Diego woman has become the third U.S. patient to have her gallbladder surgically removed through her vagina by a technique that caused ...
• Scarless Surgery - Health News Story - WYFF Greenville
  DANA’S STORY: Dana Johnson, a 42-year-old San Diego resident, was the third patient in the United States to have her gallbladder removed through her vagina. ...
• Gallbladder surgery through vagina - UPI.com
  Gallbladder surgery through vagina. Published: Sept. 14, 2007 at 3:53 PM.
• Scarless surgery - www.wqad.com
  SAN DIEGO, California -- If you have surgery, you're likely to have to deal ... a million people will go under the knife to have their gallbladder removed. ...