# Minimally Invasive Surgery: Using Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)

> **NCT00531219** · — · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **University of California, San Diego** · enrollment: 20 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Appendicitis
- Cholelithiasis

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Transgastric Appendectomy
- **PROCEDURE:** Transgastric Cholecystectomy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00531219
- **Lead sponsor:** University of California, San Diego
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2008-02
- **Primary completion:** 2018-12
- **Final completion:** 2020-02
- **Target enrollment:** 20 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2018-05-01


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00531219

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00531219, "Minimally Invasive Surgery: Using Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-16 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00531219. Licensed CC0.

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