title: Patient selection for LESS urological surgery.
abstract: Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) should theoretically improve perioperative results and cosmesis minimizing skin incision.  LESS surgery is technically demanding and the result of any procedure depends on the surgeon skill and experience, on the condition to  be treated and finally on careful patient selection. As cosmesis is the main advantage over standard laparoscopy, LESS is particularly  indicated in young patients with low BMI. While at the beginning LESS surgery was limited to demolitive procedures, increasing experience  lead to widen indications to reconstructive and more challenging conditions. New technologies and robotics may increase LESS indications in  the next future.
authors.affiliation: Urology Clinic, AOU Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy. marcdesio@tin.it
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Sio
authors.forename: Carmelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Quattrone
authors.forename: Rocco
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Damiano
authors.forename: Chandaran
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tanabalan
authors.forename: Abhay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rane
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D018579:Patient Selection; D012371:Robotics; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*