Is robotics the future of laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS)?

BJU Int. 2011 Sep;108(6 Pt 2):1018-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10513.x.

Abstract

• Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) is a term that covers a spectrum of surgical techniques that perform laparoscopic surgery by consolidating all ports into one surgical incision. • In recent years, there has been an expansion of LESS surgical techniques with a wide spectrum of urological procedures being performed using LESS surgery. • Paralleling the clinical expansion of LESS are efforts to improve the instrumentation and access devices as well as incorporation of robotic platforms to the LESS arena. • This expansion in technology has generated the essential question: is robotics the future of LESS?

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy / instrumentation
  • Laparoscopy / methods*
  • Laparoscopy / trends
  • Male
  • Robotics*
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted / trends
  • Urologic Surgical Procedures / instrumentation
  • Urologic Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Urologic Surgical Procedures / trends