SILS

Background: Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) is considered to be a step forward in laparoscopic methods of treatment. Only one incision is done and through it two or more ports are inserted. The basis of the technique are...

SILS method is getting more and more popular in the weight-loss surgery. It found a clinical application in a gastric banding as well as in gastric sleeve creation. The difficulty of this technique is to provide a proper retraction...

Aim: This is a presentation of the Single Incision hemicolon resection in an obese patient, suffering from cecal polyp, which could not be excisied endoscopically. Intervention: It was a SILS procedure with standard tools: 5 mm flexible...

In the video you can see how to excise a large uterus using LESS and SILS method for supracervical or radical uterus removal. Whole intervention is made through bellybutton and patient can be discharged even the same day. Special...

In the video we can see how some LESS/SILS flexible tools look like.

Two laparoscopic techniques allows the whole hysterectomy procedeure to be made through umbilicus: one is called single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS), the other one is called LESS (stands for laparo-endoscopic single site)....

The video shows advantages of TriPort usage, which permitts whole intervention to be made by umbilical incision. Triport is a multichannel tool coming from advanced surgical concept and is important in LESS and SILS technique.

Video presents a short interview of patient after hysterectomy and dr. Stepp 2 hours after the intervention. The patient complained for having a large uterus (like in 5 month pregnancy) and jokes of taking it home for Thanksgiving....

The video presents Olympus camera with flexible tip which is a tool for SILS/LESS technique.

Only a small incision through a bellybutton is enough to perform single incision laparoscopy (SILS) in order to cyst and fallopian tubes removal. Ovaries are not excised, scar is hidden in the umbilicus.