Main description:

Laparoendoscopic Single-Site Surgery (LESS) and Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) are based on the premise that patients should benefit in terms of recovery time, physical discomfort, pain, and cosmesis if a surgical procedure can be performed without visible scarring.

Scar-Less Surgery: NOTES, Transumbilical, and Others is a multi-disciplinary effort which weaves together the surgical aspects of these novel techniques. It is the first comprehensive reference on the subject providing state-of-the-art technical information to both general and urologic surgeons while also highlighting future developments and research needs.

Contents:

Contents

Dedication

Preface

Contributors

Part I: Overview

1: Historical Perspectives of LESS and NOTES
Michael L. Blute, Jr, Soroush Rais-Bahrami, and Lee Richstone

2: Overview: Rationale and Terminology
Hagop Sarkissian and Brian H. Irwin

3: Visualization Options
Prashanth P. Rao, Shashikant Mishra, and Pradeep P. Rao

4: LESS: Ports and Instrumentation
Michael A. White and Robert J. Stein

5: Retraction Systems in Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery and NOTES
Melanie L. Hafford and Daniel J. Scott

6: Exit Strategies
Melissa S. Phillips and Jeffrey L. Ponsky

7: Mini-Laparoscopic Systems
John E. Humphrey and David Canes

8: Access: Transgastric
Bernard Dallemagne, Silvana Perretta, and Michele Diana

9: Access: Transcolonic
Nitin Kumar and Christopher C. Thompson

10: Access: Transvaginal
Maria J. Ribal Caparros and Antonio Alcaraz Asensio

11: Access: Trans-Vesical
Estevao Lima and Jorge Correia-Pinto

12:Access: Trans-Umbilical
Abhay Rane and Riccardo Autorino

Part II: NOTES (Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery)

13: NOTES: Laboratory Work
Candace F. Granberg and Matthew T. Gettman

14: NOTES: Appendectomy
D. Nageshwar Reddy, G. Venkat Rao, and Magnus Jayaraj Mansard

15: NOTES: Cholecystectomy (European Experience)
Silvana Perretta and Jacques Marescaux

16: NOTES: Cholecystectomy (US Experience)
Saniea F. Majid, Bryan J. Sandler, and Santiago Horgan

17: NOTES: Gastro-Jejunostomy
Per-Ola Park and Maria Bergstroem

18: NOTES: Nephrectomy
Scott Leslie, Tania Gill, and Mihir M. Desai

19: NOTES: Challenges
Oussama M. Darwish, Matthew J. Maurice, and Lee E. Ponsky

Part III: LESS (Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site Surgery)

20: LESS: Pyeloplasty
Sara L. Best and Jeffrey A. Cadeddu

21: LESS: Extirpative Renal Surgery Including Donor
Dennis J. Lee and Mihir M. Desai

22: LESS: Adrenal Surgery
Soroush Rais-Bahrami and Lee Richstone

23: LESS: Pelvic Reconstructive Urological Surgery
Andre Luis de Castro Abreu and Monish Aron

24: LESS: Radical Prostatectomy
Humberto Kern Laydner and Jihad H. Kaouk

25: Single Port Laparoscopy: Issues and Complications
Jay D. Raman

Part IV: Future Perspectives

26: Robotic LESS Urological Surgery: Experience and Future Perspectives
Rakesh Vijay Khanna, Mihir M. Desai, and Robert J. Stein

27: Future Perspectives on Scarless Surgery: Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going
Alexander R. Aurora and Jeffrey L. Ponsky

Index