Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery in urology: where have we been and where are we heading?

CR Tracy, JD Raman, JA Cadeddu… - Nature Clinical Practice …, 2008 - nature.com
One-port, single-incision laparoscopy is part of the natural development of minimally
invasive surgery. Refinement and modification of laparoscopic instrumentation has resulted …

Laparoendoscopic single site surgery in urology

BH Irwin, PP Rao, RJ Stein, MM Desai - Urologic Clinics, 2009 - urologic.theclinics.com
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 …

Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery: initial hundred patients

MM Desai, AK Berger, R Brandina, M Aron, BH Irwin… - Urology, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To report our initial experience with laparoendoscopic single-site (LESS)
surgery in 100 patients in urology. METHODS: Between October 2007 and December 2008 …

Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery in urology: worldwide multi-institutional analysis of 1076 cases

JH Kaouk, R Autorino, FJ Kim, DH Han, SW Lee… - European urology, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) has gained popularity in
urology over the last few years. OBJECTIVE: To report a large multi-institutional worldwide …

Single-port urological surgery: single-center experience with the first 100 cases

WM White, GP Haber, RK Goel, S Crouzet, RJ Stein… - Urology, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To present perioperative outcomes in an observational cohort of patients who
underwent LaparoEndoscopic Single Site (LESS) surgery at a single academic center …

Laparo‐endoscopic single‐site surgery: preliminary advances in renal surgery

SS Kommu, JH Kaouk, A Rané - BJU international, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We reviewed the preliminary advances in laparo‐endoscopic single‐site surgery (LESS) as
applied to renal surgery, and analyzed current publications based on animal models and …

Single‐port 'scarless' laparoscopic nephrectomies: the United Kingdom experience

A Rane, S Ahmed, SS Kommu, CJ Anderson… - BJU …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVE To present the UK experience to date with laparoendoscopic single‐site
surgery (LESS) simple nephrectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS Five female patients …

Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery versus standard laparoscopic simple nephrectomy: a prospective randomized study

V Tugcu, YO Ilbey, B Mutlu, AI Tasci - Journal of endourology, 2010 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Background and Purpose: Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS), an
attempt to further enhance the cosmetic benefits of minimally invasive surgery while …

Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery for nephrectomy as a feasible alternative to traditional laparoscopy

JH Raybourn III, A Rane, CP Sundaram - Urology, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To report an initial clinical urologic experience using single-port surgery
compared to the traditional laparoscopic technique for nephrectomy. METHODS: A total of …

Laparoendoscopic single-site partial nephrectomy: a multi-institutional outcome analysis

F Greco, R Autorino, KH Rha, I Derweesh, L Cindolo… - European urology, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) has been developed in an
attempt to further reduce the surgical trauma associated with conventional laparoscopy …