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History and Evolution of LESS

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From very humble beginnings, roughly a century ago, laparoscopic surgery has now become the standard of care for many surgical procedures. Its application in various surgical specialities has helped patients tremendously by replacing traditional open surgical procedures with laparoscopic techniques that have the added benefit of better cosmesis, significantly improved operative and post-operative outcomes without compromising on oncological outcomes. Within the field of urology, laparoscopy has evolved significantly from initially being a diagnostic tool to now providing the means for performing complex extirpative and reconstructive procedures intra-corporally. Rapid advancements made in technology, the incorporation of robotics and the development of laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) and natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) have now made truly ‘scarless’ surgery achievable.

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  1. Department of Urology, Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford, Kent, UK

    Marios Hadjipavlou BSc, MBBS, MRCS

  2. Department of Urology, East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, UK

    Shahid Aziz Anwer Khan FRCS (Urol), FEBU & Abhay Rane MS, OBE, FRCS (Urol)

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  1. Professor of Surgery, Department of Urology Cleveland Clinic Lerner, College of Medicine, Zagarek Pollock Chair in Robotic Surgery, Center for Robotic and Image guided Surgery, Glickman Urologic Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Jihad H. Kaouk

  2. Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Urology, Center for Robotic and Image Guided Surgery, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Robert J. Stein

  3. Associate Staff, Department of Urology, Center for Robotic and Image Guided Surgery, Glickman Urological Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Georges-Pascal Haber

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Hadjipavlou, M., Khan, S.A.A., Rane, A. (2017). History and Evolution of LESS. In: Kaouk, J., Stein, R., Haber, GP. (eds) Atlas of Laparoscopic and Robotic Single Site Surgery. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3575-8_1

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