Abhay Rane

..We used hand-assisted laparoscopy to remove the nonfunctioning left moiety of a horseshoe kidney. The handport was a useful adjunct and can be helpful in training surgeons developing their laparoscopic skills...

..To analyse the evidence supporting current and future application of robotic technology in natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) and laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS)...

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..After fragmentation is completed and concretions are extracted, conventional irrigation with saline dissolves the polymer, which is then flushed out...

..To present the UK experience to date with laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) simple nephrectomy...

..To report an initial clinical urologic experience with a new laparoscopic access port (R-Port) and the advent of the single-port access (SPA) procedure and one-port umbilical surgery (OPUS)...

..The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the incidence, pathophysiology, risk factors and possible methods of reducing the risk of port site metastases following uro-oncological procedures...

..9 MPa, thereby enabling better pneumatic fragmentation and removal of stones during percutaneous nephrostolithotomy (PCNL), ureteroscopic stone fragmentation (USF) and vesical stone lithotripsy (VL)...

..The objective of the model is to provide trainees with clinical experience under direct mentor supervision before embarking on independent laparoscopic urological surgery at their own base hospitals...

..To evaluate the efficacy of retroperitoneoscopy for the treatment of symptomatic renal cyst disease...

..It is inevitable that LESS will be extended to involve more complex and technically demanding procedures such as laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and partial nephrectomy...

..To assess risk factors and predictors of failure of the Hem-o-lok(TM) vascular clip (Weck Closure Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA) using vessels harvested from a porcine model...

..K. in September 2001. We compared our experience with this second-generation device with that of first-generation devices; i.e., the Handport, launched in 1999, and the Intromit, first marketed in 1998...

..To assess outcomes after hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy (HALN) for renal cell cancer tumor thrombus confined to the renal vein and to compare outcomes with published series in this setting...

..Despite the preliminary optimistic results in the outcomes of LESS, an experienced laparoscopic skill set is essential for the safe and effective completion of surgery...

..However, the risk to benefit ratio of laparoscopic nephrectomies in patients aged over 80 has not been quantified objectively. The purpose of this study is to analyze the outcomes of this technique in the octogenarian population...

..We review the current LUS programs with a conscious effort to decipher the basic tenets of an optimal training program and propose training models based on published evidence, in conjunction with current trends in LUS...

..Future work is needed to improve existing instrumentation, increase clinical experience, assess the benefits of both surgical approaches, and explore other potential applications for these novel techniques...