It's called transoral gastroplasty, TOGA for short.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 27, 2009] Reference

UT Southwestern head and neck cancer surgeons perform area's first transoral robotic surgery.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

Furthest along in clinical trials is a noninvasive technique called TOGA, or transoral gastroplasty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spokesman.com: Latest stories] Reference

Head and neck cancer surgeons at UT Southwestern Medical Center performed the area's first transoral.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

We obtained FDA approval for a new indication of da Vinci Systems for transoral da Vinci surgery, procedures for which patient value is very high.    From Wordnik.com.  [StreetInsider.com News Articles] Reference

This new data is further evidence that our technology enables a true transoral esophagogastric fundoplication procedure and results in substantial patient benefits.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

Intuitive Surgical Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif, to be used for transoral otolaryngologic surgical procedures to treat benign tumors and select malignant tumors in adults.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal] Reference

Southwestern Medical Center performed the area's first transoral robotic surgery (TORS), a recently approved minimally invasive no-scar procedure to remove tumors in the throat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Media Newswire] Reference

There were 1,200 systems worldwide in 2009, and more than 200,000 robotic surgeries were performed, including prostatectomies, gynecologic surgery, cardiac surgery and transoral ENT procedures.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

EGS 'mission is to utilize the most current wisdom in gastroenterology and surgery to develop new transoral procedures and products to address the largest unmet needs in gastrointestinal diseases.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The upcoming prestigious Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium (MISS) will include discussion of advances in metabolic surgery, a robotic approach to colon surgery, single-port bariatric surgery, transoral gastroplasty, and other "frontier" topics.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

ASGS 'Board of Trustees states, "transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF) stands in sharp contrast to other natural orifice options in that it adheres to the fundamental surgical principle, which has guided surgical care for GERD for more than 50 years; specifically the creation of a full thickness gastric fundoplication in support of the lower esophageal sphincter.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

TIF: transoral 6-10 years 21 (24%) incisionless fundoplication 3-5 years 41 (48%) 2 years 20 (23%) Procedure details Values represent medians (range) or counts (%) BMI: body mass index; GERD: gastrointestinal re fl ux disease; PPIs: The median procedure time was 77 minutes (28 - proton pump inhibitor 208 minutes).    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

• Grade III valves: a barely present fold; fails to close A novel transoral incisionless device was developed in around the endoscope an attempt to mimics antire fl ux surgery through con - • Grade IV valves: lack of a muscular fold; lumen of structing a valve at the GE junction, restoring the angle of esophagus stays open all the time, allowing the His, and reducing a small hiatal hernia with fewer side squamous epithelium to be viewed from below effects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

At Background A novel transoral incisionless fundoplication 12 months, aggregate (n = 79) and strati fi ed Hill grade I (TIF) procedure using the EsophyX system with Serosa - tight (n = 21) results showed 73% and 86% of patients Fuse fasteners was designed to reconstruct a full-thickness with C50% improvement in GERD health-related quality valve at the gastroesophageal junction through tailored of life (HRQL) scores, 85% discontinuation of daily PPI delivery of multiple fasteners during a single-device use, and 81% complete cessation of PPIs; 37% and 48% insertion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Again, it's called TOGA, transoral gastroplasty.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2009] Reference

"We are doing transoral laser microsurgery where we take certain tumors out through the mouth, obviating the need for a tracheostomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

Drs. Gregory S. W.instein and Bert W. O'Malley Jr. of the Penn school of medicine's department of otorhinolaryngology: head and neck surgery, founded the world's first transoral robotic surgery (TORS. program at Penn in 2004.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal] Reference