Transumbilical single-port surgery: evolution and current status

D Canes, MM Desai, M Aron, GP Haber, RK Goel… - European urology, 2008 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: Single-port transumbilical laparoscopy, also known as embryonic natural orifice
transumbilical endoscopic surgery (E-NOTES), has emerged as an attempt to further …

Single-port laparoscopic surgery: an overview

JR Romanelli, DB Earle - Surgical endoscopy, 2009 - Springer
As innovation continues to move 21st century surgery forward, one of the emerging concepts
is single-port or single-incision laparoscopic surgery. The fundamental idea is to have all of …

Surgical access device

CW Widenhouse, IIWB Weisenburgh… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
Various devices are provided for allowing multiple Surgical instruments to be inserted
through a single Surgical access device at variable angles of insertion, allowing for ease of …

Methods and devices for cutting and fastening tissue

JW Voegele, IIWB Weisenburgh, CJ Hess… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
Methods and devices are provided for cutting and fastening tissue. In one embodiment, a
surgical device can be used to at least partially transect a stomach by not cutting and/or not …

Surgical access device

CW Widenhouse, IIWB Weisenburgh… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
Various devices are provided for allowing multiple surgical instruments to be inserted
through a single surgical access device at variable angles of insertion, allowing for ease of …

Surgical access device with protective element

MA Murray, CW Widenhouse, FE Shelton IV… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
US8425410B2 - Surgical access device with protective element - Google Patents
US8425410B2 - Surgical access device with protective element - Google Patents Surgical …

Variable surgical access device

CW Widenhouse, FE Shelton IV, MS Cropper… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
Various devices are provided for allowing multiple Surgical instruments to be inserted
through a single Surgical access device at variable angles of insertion, allowing for ease of …

Multiple port surgical access device

CJ Hess, CW Widenhouse, FE Shelton IV… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
Various devices are provided for allowing multiple Surgical instruments to be inserted
through a single Surgical access device at variable angles of insertion, allowing for ease of …

Laparoendoscopic single-site and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery in urology: a critical analysis of the literature

R Autorino, JA Cadeddu, MM Desai, M Gettman, IS Gill… - European urology, 2011 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) and laparoendoscopic
single-site surgery (LESS) have been developed to benefit patients by enabling surgeons to …

Single-incision, umbilical laparoscopic versus conventional laparoscopic nephrectomy: a comparison of perioperative outcomes and short-term measures of …

JD Raman, A Bagrodia, JA Cadeddu - European urology, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Recent reports have suggested that single-port or single-incision
laparoscopic surgery (SILS) is technically feasible. OBJECTIVE: To present a comparison …