The management of bilateral enhancing renal masses can be technically challenging. Simultaneous bilateral laparoscopic nephrectomies in postrenal transplant patients have been previously described, but these typically require multiple port placements in addition to a hand port. Herein, we describe simultaneous bilateral single-port laparoscopic radical nephrectomies in a postrenal transplant pa...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the efficiency and feasibility of single-port access transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted surgery in patients with large (>8cm) adnexal tumors and to present our initial experience. METHODS Twenty-two patients with presumably benign adnexal tumors who have undergone single-port access transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted surgery were enrolled. The procedure was performe...

Introduction Single-port access laparoscopic lateral segmentectomy (LLS) has been developed as a novel minimally invasive surgery. We have experience with this LLS technique. Aim To report our technique and patients' postoperative course in a series of single-port access LLS performed in our department. We also examine the cosmetic outcome, safety, and utility of the procedure. Material and...

Correspondence To the Editor: Laparoendoscopic single‑site surgery (LESS) has been widely used for various urologic diseases in order to improve safety, outcomes, and cosmesis, and to further reduce invasiveness. [1] Here, we reported our initial experience with laparoendoscopic single‑site retroperitoneal partial adrenalectomy using a homemade single‑port device in a municipal hospital. Totall...

Thymectomy is the treatment for thymoma or Myasthenia Gravis patients. With the development of thoracoscopic surgical instruments and techniques in recent years, single port video assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy is increasingly practiced for such patients. Although single port thymectomy is feasible and may be preferable, there is a lack of detailed step-by-step procedures outlined in the lit...

PURPOSE Acute appendicitis is among the most common emergency conditions in surgical practice and appendectomy is the most common treatment. Single-port (SP) laparoscopic transumbilical surgery has emerged in clinical practice. The aim of this study is to describe SP laparoscopic transumbilical surgery procedure performed in three patients undergoing appendectomy. METHODS Three patients diagn...

The need to integrate aspects of functional, psychosocial and cosmetic impairment into medical care is increasingly accepted among the physicians and the patients. For these reasons, single-port robotic surgery emerges as the most advanced approach using the technology. In this study, authors used a new robotic dissector with monopolar electrocautery feature in order to determine the device's s...

1Minimally Invasive Surgery and Robotics-Section of Gynecologic Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, A81, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA 2Center for Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Q10-1, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA 3Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, A30, 9500 Euclid Avenuenue, Cleveland, OH 44...

CONTEXT Pancreatic surgery is an extremely challenging field, and the management of pancreatic diseases continues to evolve. In the past decade, minimal access surgery is moving towards minimizing the surgical trauma by reducing numbers and size of the port. In the last few years, a novel technique with a single-incision laparoscopic approach has been described for several laparoscopic procedur...