Scar-Less Surgery NOTES, Transumbilical, and Others / edited by Abhay Rane, Jeffrey A. Cadeddu, Mihir M. Desai, Inderbir S. Gill.

• Part I:  Overview -- 1:  Historical Perspectives of LESS and NOTES -- 2:  Overview:  Rationale and Terminology -- 3: Visualization Options -- 4: LESS: Ports and Instrumentation -- 5: Retraction Systems in Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery and NOTES -- 6:   Exit Strategies -- 7: Mini-Laparoscopic Systems -- 8: Access: Transgastric -- 9: Access:  Transcolonic -- 10: Access:  Transvaginal -- 11: Access:  Trans-Vesical -- 12:Access: Trans-Umbilical -- Part II:  NOTES (Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery) -- 13: NOTES: Laboratory Work -- 14: NOTES: Appendectomy -- 15: NOTES: Cholecystectomy (European Experience) -- 16: NOTES:  Cholecystectomy (US Experience) -- 17: NOTES: Gastro-Jejunostomy -- 18:  NOTES: Nephrectomy -- 19: NOTES: Challenges -- Part III:  LESS (Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site Surgery) -- 20: LESS:  Pyeloplasty -- 21:  LESS:  Extirpative Renal Surgery Including Donor -- 22: LESS: Adrenal Surgery -- 23: LESS: Pelvic Reconstructive Urological Surgery -- 24: LESS:  Radical Prostatectomy -- 25: Single Port Laparoscopy:  Issues and Complications -- Part IV:  Future Perspectives -- 26:  Robotic LESS Urological Surgery: Experience and Future Perspectives -- 27: Future Perspectives on Scarless Surgery: Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going.

• Laparoendoscopic Single-Site Surgery (LESS) and Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) are based on the premise that patients should benefit in terms of recovery time, physical discomfort, pain, and cosmesis if a surgical procedure can be performed without visible scarring. Scar-Less Surgery: NOTES, Transumbilical, and Others is a multi-disciplinary effort which weaves together the surgical aspects of these novel techniques. It is the  first comprehensive reference on the subject providing state-of-the-art technical information to both general and  urologic surgeons while also highlighting future developments and research needs.

Subject headings

Medicine.  (LCSH)

Gastroenterology.  (LCSH)

Surgery.  (LCSH)

Endoscopic surgery.  (LCSH)

Thoracic surgery.  (LCSH)

Urology.  (LCSH)

Medicine & Public Health. 

Minimally Invasive Surgery. 

Surgery. 

Thoracic Surgery. 

Urology/Andrology. 

Gastroenterology. 

Publication and Content Type

RD32-33.9 (LCC)

MED085000 (subject category)

617.05 (DDC)

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