Single-Access Laparoscopic Surgery Current Applications and Controversies /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pignata, Giusto (Editor), Corcione, Francesco (Editor), Bracale, Umberto (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Surgery.; Abdominal surgery.; Rectum > Surgery.; Minimally invasive surgery.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Minimally Invasive Surgery.; Abdominal Surgery.; Surgical Oncology.; Colorectal Surgery.

Single-access laparoscopic surgery (SALS), performed using a single transumbilical access, has recently proved to bring advantages over other forms of laparoscopic surgery due to the reduction in the number of incisions and the consequent decrease in morbidity, less blood loss and postoperative pain...