title: Is robotics the future of laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS)?
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?
authors.affiliation: The Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spana
authors.forename: Abhay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rane
authors.forename: Jihad H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kaouk
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D012371:Robotics; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends