Gasless single-port access endoscopic surgery in urology: Minimum incision endoscopic surgery, MIES

Gasless Single Port Surgery for Renal Cell Carcinoma: Minimum Incision Endoscopic Surgery

Gasless Single Incision Endoscopic Thyroidectomy

BACKGROUND Endoscopic thyroidectomy making the scar outside the neck area has a cosmetic appeal for patients. Based on an anterior chest wall approach combined with the gasless technique, we developed a novel method for gasless endoscopic thyroidectomy with a single incision. MATERIALS AND METHODS From March 2009 to November 2010, 48 patients with benign thyroid nodules underwent thyroidectom...

Total Endoscopic Approach in Glomus Tympanicum Surgery

Introduction: Glomus tympanicum (GT) is a benign primary tumor of the middle ear. The evolution of endoscopic ear surgery has allowed for an alternative approach to managing this vascular tumor. The purpose of this study was to evaluate an endoscopic approach in GT surgery, and also to investigate its applicability and feasibility.   Materials and Methods: Prospectively, 13 class I and II patie...

Laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery: recent advances in urology

Significant advances have been achieved in the field of urologic laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) since the first reported clinical series in 2007. The aim of the present review paper is to summarize and critically analyze the most recent advances in the field of urologic LESS. A literature review was performed using PubMed to retrieve publications related to LESS in urology over th...

Single-incision laparoscopic surgery in urology.

INTRODUCTION To assess the feasibility of single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) in some urological surgeries. MATERIAL AND METHODS This prospective study was conducted on 40 patients (27 males and 13 females) from January 2010 to June 2011. Six procedures were done, SILS renal cyst decortication (n = 10), SILS varicocelectomy (n = 10), SILS orchiopexy (n = 10), SILS nephrectomy (n = 3),...