Over the past 30 years laparoscopy has expanded into a standard of care for the treatment
of many benign and malignant conditions within the realm of surgical practice. Within …

Abstract Background and Purpose: The desire to decrease morbidity from multiple port sites
and progress toward a natural orifice approach has stimulated interest in laparoendoscopic …

Purpose: To describe our experience with robot-assisted laparoendoscopic single-site (R-
LESS) surgeries and evaluate a homemade port system as an effective access technique …

OBJECTIVES: To report our initial experience with laparoendoscopic single-site (LESS)
surgery in 100 patients in urology. METHODS: Between October 2007 and December 2008 …

One-port, single-incision laparoscopy is part of the natural development of minimally
invasive surgery. Refinement and modification of laparoscopic instrumentation has resulted …

BACKGROUND: Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) allows for the performance of
major urologic procedures with a single small incision and minimal scarring. The da Vinci …

OBJECTIVES: To present perioperative outcomes in an observational cohort of patients who
underwent LaparoEndoscopic Single Site (LESS) surgery at a single academic center …

Study Type–Therapy (case series) Level of Evidence 4 What's known on the subject? and
What does the study add? Several studies have shown the feasibility of performing both …

Objective: The da Vinci single-port (SP) platform represents the latest innovation in
minimally invasive urologic surgery, and the adoption of this technology by urologists is …

OBJECTIVES: To describe novel robotic laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (R-LESS)
instruments, and present the initial laboratory experience in urology. METHODS: The VeSPA …