Endowed with the expected visions for future surgery, minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has
become one of the most rapid developing areas in modern surgery. Soft robotics, which …

Recent technological advances in surgery have resulted in the development of a range of
new techniques that have reduced patient trauma, shortened hospitalization, and improved …

BACKGROUND: Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) has gained popularity in
urology over the last few years. OBJECTIVE: To report a large multi-institutional worldwide …

CONTEXT: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) and laparoendoscopic
single-site surgery (LESS) have been developed to benefit patients by enabling surgeons to …

Background Conventional laparoscopy with three or more ports remains the 'gold
standard'for cholecystectomy, but a laparoendoscopic single-site (LESS) approach is …

BACKGROUND: Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site (LESS) surgery is a recent development in
minimally invasive surgery. Presented herein is the initial comparison of LESS donor …

Scarless surgery is the Holy Grail of surgery and the very raison d'etre of Minimal Access
Surgery was the reduction of scars and thereby pain and suffering of the patients. The work …

Methods An expert panel was selected by the EAES technology committee to draft the
consensus paper. The panel was composed of 13 members: 9 general surgeons, of which …

CONTEXT: Laparoendoscopic single-site (LESS) surgery has increasingly been used to
perform radical, partial, simple, or donor nephrectomy to reduce the morbidity and scarring …

Background This three-armed randomized clinical trial, with blinding of patients and
outcome assessors, tested the hypothesis that single-port (SP) and/or minilaparoscopic (ML) …