Scar-Less Surgery

Contents Dedication Preface Contributors Part I: Overview 1: Historical Perspectives of LESS and NOTES Michael L. Blute, Jr, Soroush Rais-Bahrami, and Lee Richstone 2: Overview: Rationale and Terminology Hagop Sarkissian and Brian H. Irwin 3: Visualization Options Prashanth P. Rao, Shashikant Mishra, and Pradeep P. Rao 4: LESS: Ports and Instrumentation Michael A. White and Robert J. Stein 5: Retraction Systems in Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery and NOTES Melanie L. Hafford and Daniel J. Scott 6: Exit Strategies Melissa S. Phillips and Jeffrey L. Ponsky 7: Mini-Laparoscopic Systems John E. Humphrey and David Canes 8: Access: Transgastric Bernard Dallemagne, Silvana Perretta, and Michele Diana 9: Access: Transcolonic Nitin Kumar and Christopher C. Thompson 10: Access: Transvaginal Maria J. Ribal Caparros and Antonio Alcaraz Asensio 11: Access: Trans-Vesical Estevao Lima and Jorge Correia-Pinto 12:Access: Trans-Umbilical Abhay Rane and Riccardo Autorino Part II: NOTES (Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery) 13: NOTES: Laboratory Work Candace F. Granberg and Matthew T. Gettman 14: NOTES: Appendectomy D. Nageshwar Reddy, G. Venkat Rao, and Magnus Jayaraj Mansard 15: NOTES: Cholecystectomy (European Experience) Silvana Perretta and Jacques Marescaux 16: NOTES: Cholecystectomy (US Experience) Saniea F. Majid, Bryan J. Sandler, and Santiago Horgan 17: NOTES: Gastro-Jejunostomy Per-Ola Park and Maria Bergström 18: NOTES: Nephrectomy Scott Leslie, Tania Gill, and Mihir M. Desai 19: NOTES: Challenges Oussama M. Darwish, Matthew J. Maurice, and Lee E. Ponsky Part III: LESS (Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site Surgery) 20: LESS: Pyeloplasty Sara L. Best and Jeffrey A. Cadeddu 21: LESS: Extirpative Renal Surgery Including Donor Dennis J. Lee and Mihir M. Desai 22: LESS: Adrenal Surgery Soroush Rais-Bahrami and Lee Richstone 23: LESS: Pelvic Reconstructive Urological Surgery André Luis de Castro Abreu and Monish Aron 24: LESS: Radical Prostatectomy Humberto Kern Laydner

Dr. Inderbir S. Gill is Vice Chairman, Professor of Surgery, Head, Section of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgery, and Director, Center for Advanced Study at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is one of the best-known and skilled specialists in urologic laparoscopy and has published extensively on the topic. His expertise will allow other urologists and residents to learn skills usually only taught in the operating rooms.