Dr. Field F. Willingham

Field F. Willingham, MD, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

"NOTES is an area of promise in active development," said Field Willingham, MD, MPH, senior fellow in the gastrointestinal unit at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Dr. Willingham noted that the tools used to dissect or retract during NOTES procedures may pose some limitations.

The opportunities with NOTES are significant and should some day provide patients with a viable scarless and painless option for certain medical procedures," study author Dr. Field Willingham, senior fellow in the gastrointestinal unit at MGH, said in a prepared statement.

He did mention that tools used to dissect or retract during NOTES procedures may pose some limitations.

"It can be challenging to perform complex procedures such as holding traction while simultaneously dissecting tissue through a single NOTES endoscope," Willingham said.

Field F. Willingham, MD, MPH, Clinical and Research Fellow, Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital