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Single-Incision Robotic Renal and Ureteral Surgery

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Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) has been increasingly expanded in recent years, but due to ergonomic limitations, limited triangulation, and clashing of instruments, adoption of LESS has been restricted. With ergonomics as one of robotic surgery’s biggest advantages, we have applied robotic-LESS (R-LESS) to a variety of procedures. R-LESS renal and ureteral surgery is feasible and safe at the short-term stage of evaluation. While prospective comparisons with more established techniques are needed, R-LESS has clearly superior ergonomics in comparison to conventional LESS, which may encourage more surgeons to adopt single-site surgery. In this chapter, we discuss unique aspects of R-LESS as applied to renal and ureteral surgery and present “tips and tricks” from our experience for those interested in this approach.

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  1. Glickman Urological and Kidney institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA

    Humberto Laydner M.D. & Jihad H. Kaouk M.D.

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  1. Ohio State’s Center for Adv Robotic Surg, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical, Robotic Urologic Surgery,Dept of Urology, Center & James Cancer Hospital, Columbus, 43210, Ohio, USA

    Ronney Abaza

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Laydner, H., Kaouk, J.H. (2013). Single-Incision Robotic Renal and Ureteral Surgery. In: Abaza, R. (eds) Robotic Renal Surgery. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6522-5_15

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