title: Single-port 'scarless' laparoscopic nephrectomies: the United Kingdom experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the UK experience to date with laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) simple nephrectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five female patients underwent LESS nephrectomy; three procedures were carried out with the umbilicus as the port of entry (U-LESS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  All cases were completed uneventfully. The operative duration was 45-150 min and blood loss was negligible. There were no conversions to conventional multi-port laparoscopy or open surgery. Recovery was uneventful with only minor complications in two patients; convalescence was rapid.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  LESS nephrectomy offers a safe, cosmetic alternative to conventional multi-port laparoscopy, with younger female patients being especially happier with the 'scarless' outcome of U-LESS. LESS certainly appears to be more in these situations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, Surrey, UK. a.rane@btinternet.com
authors.forename: Abhay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rane
authors.forename: Shwan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Sashi S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kommu
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Peter D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Rimington
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D006113:United Kingdom; D055815:Young Adult