Scalpel-free Obesity Surgery on the Horizon

Stomach-stapling surgery to combat obesity may be done in the future with a tube inserted through the mouth, making the procedure safer than using an incision and opening the way for more people to undergo it, doctors say.  Natural orifice transendoscopic surgery, or NOTE, requires no incisions because instruments -- such as long tubes with robotic arms and staple guns -- can be inserted through the mouth and snaked down the esophagus. (Read Here)