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Robotic LESS Urological Surgery: Experience and Future Perspectives

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Laparoscopy has largely been embraced in urology as it can offer better cosmesis, less bleeding, diminished pain, and faster recovery. Nevertheless, for some time investigators have been exploring techniques to decrease the size and number of incisions even further. In this vain and with the aim to limit pain and decrease complications further, techniques such as NOTES (natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery) and LESS (laparoendoscopic single-site) surgery have been developed.

“Scarless surgery,” with little to no postoperative pain due to the absence of abdominal wall trauma, has been the driving force behind the development of NOTES. Nevertheless, complexity, risk, and the lack of appropriate technology have limited the ability to perform these procedures thus far.

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  1. Department of Urology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA

    Rakesh Vijay Khanna M.D.

  2. Department of Urology, Keck Medical Center, University of Southern California Institute of Urology, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Suite 7416, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA

    Mihir M. Desai M.D.

  3. Center for Robotic and Image-Guided Surgery, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Q10, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA

    Robert J. Stein M.D.

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  2. , Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical, Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, 75390, Texas, USA

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Khanna, R.V., Desai, M.M., Stein, R.J. (2013). Robotic LESS Urological Surgery: Experience and Future Perspectives. In: Rane, A., Cadeddu, J., Desai, M., Gill, I. (eds) Scar-Less Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-360-6_26

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