Review Article

Access for Laparoendoscopic Single Site Surgery

Table 1

Operations undertaken by our institution utilizing the LESS approach.

(i)Giant hiatal hernia repair, with Nissen/Toupet fundoplication
(ii)Heller myotomy and anterior fundoplication
(iii)Splenectomy
(iv)Distal pancreatectomy/removal pancreatic tumor
(v)Adrenalectomy
(vi)Inguinal hernia
(vii)Hepatic cystectomy
(viii)Salpingo-opherectomy
(ix)Mesenteric mass excision
(x)Appendectomy
(xi)Resection of gastric/small bowel tumors (i.e. GIST tumor)
(xii)Right colectomy
(xiii)Low Anterior Resection (LAR)
(xiv)Cholecystectomy cholangiogram
(xv)Combined operations: Nissen/Toupet fundoplication and cholecystectomy ± cholangiogram
Heller myotomy and anterior fundoplication and cholecystectomy Hysterectomy and cholecystectomy