Fig. 4.1 Pre-shaped curved instruments reproduce open surgery triangulation Fig. 4.2 5-mm chip-on-the-tip scopes reduce encumbrance within the access device Fig. 4.3 Articulated scopes allow better inside view without collision…
Fig. 2.1 Use of a flexible and roticulating tip forceps and an ultrasonic dissector during single-incision laparoscopic appendectomy Fig. 2.2 Use of Endoloop (5 mm) for closure of the appendiceal…
Fig. 14.1 The “Chopstick” surgery technique prevents the collision of the external robotic arms The robotic instruments cross at the abdominal wall to have the right instrument on the left…
Fig. 3.1 The effect of port length and width on range of movement and triangulation. As the port width (d) is increased, the angle at which instruments meet at the…
Authors Year Type of study Patients Pathology Median OT (min) Median EBL (ml) Median Hb drop (g/dl) IOC POC Median Hs (days) Conversion Lim et al. [13] 2009 Prospective 12…
Fig. 1.1 The ANUBISCOPE® (Courtesy of Karl Storz, Tuttlingen, Germany) is a flexible surgical endoscopic platform adapted to Laparo-Endoscopic Single-Site Surgery and to natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery. The shaft…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014Giusto Pignata, Francesco Corcione and Umberto Bracale (eds.)Single-Access Laparoscopic Surgery10.1007/978-3-319-06929-6_10 10. Single Access Laparoscopic Rectal Anterior Resection Léon Maggiori1 and Yves Panis1 (1) Department of Colorectal Surgery, Pôle des Maladies de l’Appareil Digestif…
Fig. 7.1 Intraoperative view of the multitrocar approach for a single-incision splenectomy The technique used for splenic dissection is similar to that used in standard LS. After an explorative…
Fig. 10.1 Positions of surgeons. CS chief abdominal surgeon, AS: assistant surgeon, CA camera surgeon, PS perineal surgeon, SNA scrub nurse for abdominal part, SNP scrub nurse for perineal part…
Author and year Patient with TEM LR Winde [7] (1996) 24 T1 4 % Mentges [8] (1996) 56 T1 7 % Lee [9] (2003) 52 T1 4 % Palma [10]…
