Guidelines on Robotic- and Single-site Surgery in Urology

EAU guidelines on robotic and single-site surgery in urology.

CONTEXT This is a short version of the European Association of Urology (EAU) guidelines on robotic and single-site surgery in urology, as created in 2013 by the EAU Guidelines Office Panel on Urological Technologies. OBJECTIVE To evaluate current evidence regarding robotic and single-site surgery in urology and to provide clinical recommendations. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION A comprehensive online...

Current status of robotic single-port surgery

Robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery in urology is an ever progressing field, and boundaries are constantly broken with the aid of new technology. Advancements in instrumentation have given birth to the era of robotic laparoendoscopic single-site technique (R-LESS). R-LESS however, has not gained widespread acceptance due to technical hurdles such as adequate triangulation, robotic arm clashin...

Robotic single-site combined cholecystectomy and hysterectomy: Advantages and limits

INTRODUCTION Robotic single-site surgery (RSS) represents the latest innovation for clinical use of single incision surgery. Several applications have been reported in urology, general surgery and gynecology with potential application in benign cases as well as in oncology. PRESENTATION OF CASE To further explore potential applications of RSS, we present the first case reported in the literat...

Laparoendoscopic Single-Site Surgeries: A Single-Center Experience of 171 Consecutive Cases

PURPOSE We report our experience to date with 171 patients who underwent laparoendoscopic single-site surgery for diverse urologic diseases in a single institution. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between December 2008 and August 2010, we performed 171 consecutive laparoendoscopic single-site surgeries. These included simple nephrectomy (n=18; robotic surgeries, n=1), radical nephrectomy (n=26; robotic...

Re: Initial complete laparoendoscopic single-site surgery robotic assisted radical prostatectomy(LESS-RARP).