title: Clinical Appliance of Laparo-Endoscopic Single-Site Surgery (LESS) in Urology.
abstract: Laparoscopy has gained a place in everyday surgical routine as an alternative surgical approach that decreases morbidity and postoperative hospitalization. Single port laparoscopic surgery has been introduced as a further development of laparoscopy. The feasibility and safety of single port laparoscopy is under extensive evaluation in specialized laparoscopic centers. Nevertheless, wide acceptance of the technique requires adequate documentation of the advantages of the approach over conventional laparoscopy and further refinement of surgical instrumentation to overcome intraoperative ergonomic problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Patras, Rio Patras, Greece.
authors.forename: Evangelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Liatsikos
authors.forename: Iason
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kyriazis
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kallidonis
authors.forename: Minh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Do
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anja
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rigopoulos
authors.forename: Abdulrahman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Aown
authors.forename: Jens-Uwe
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Stolzenburg
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods