Open AccessSingle port robotic hysterectomy technique improving on multiport procedure
Author(s) -
John R Lue,
Brian Murray,
Stephen H. Bush
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9941.103130
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , port (circuit theory) , postoperative pain , laparoscopy , hysterectomy , robotic surgery , invasive surgery , patient satisfaction , general surgery , engineering , electrical engineering
The benefits of laparoscopic surgery over conventional abdominal surgery have been well documented. Reducing postoperative pain, decreasing postoperative morbidity, hospital stay duration, and postoperative recovery time have all been demonstrated in recent peer-review literature. Robotic laparoscopy provides the added dimension of increased fine mobility and surgical control. With new single port surgical techniques, we have the added benefit of minimally invasive surgery and greater patient aesthetic satisfaction, as well as all the other benefits laparoscopic surgery offers. In this paper, we report a successful single port robotic hysterectomy and the simple process by which this technique is performed.