Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery: early experience with tumor nephrectomy.

Full Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) represents the closest surgical technique to scar-free surgery. We performed LESS for renal tumor nephrectomy in eight patients to assess feasibility and perioperative outcome. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Eight patients with a body mass index (BMI)

Author information

Author/s: Stolzenburg, Jens-Uwe (JU); Hellawell, Giles (G); Kallidonis, Panagiotis (P); Do, Minh (M); Haefner, Tim (T); Dietel, Anja (A); Liatsikos, Evangelos N (EN);

Affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article

Journal: Journal of endourology / Endourological Society (J Endourol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Aug; vol 23 (issue 8) : pp 1287-92

Dates: Created 2009/08/05; Completed 2009/10/07;

PMID: 19566411, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/7/2009, IMS Date: )

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