Category: MIS

Junior Doctor Surgical Group

So you want to be a robotic surgeon?..then become a skilled laparoscopic surgeon first

Once you`ve tried a surgical robot like Davinci Xi, it becomes immediately obvious that this technology should be the gold standard and offers surgeons more degrees of freedom and dexterity. For junior doctors, one of the difficulties in getting a “head start” in robotic surgery is a lack of training opportunities. Sure there are national…
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Laparoendoscopic Single-Site Surgery (LESS) Simulation.

The development of laparoendoscopic single‐site surgery ( hereafter ‘LESS’) has led to a significant reduction of the number and size of incisions, thus providing aesthetic and physiological benefits for patients. Postoperative outcomes, recovery times, length of hospital stay, and related costs have all been impacted positively since its introduction. LESS possesses all of the constraints…
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