Aditya Bagrodia, MD

Since these initial reports with modest patient numbers, large, multi-institutional, multinational investigations have demonstrated 

 surgery to be safe with low complication rates (

 surgery does not appear to place patients at additional risk compared to conventional laparoscopic operations. Further, there may be a marginal benefit with respect to in-hospital and early postoperative convalescence. The limited benefit of 

 surgery over conventional laparoscopy can be explained by one or more of the following factors: 				

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In this article, we briefly review the literature suggesting LESS is safe and holds a potential advantage over conventional laparoscopy. We then describe our techniques and outcomes for performing an extirpative (nephrectomy) and reconstructive (pyeloplasty) LESS procedure.

Author | Aditya Bagrodia, MD

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