Single site and conventional totally extraperitoneal techniques for uncomplicated inguinal hernia repair: A comparative study.

Objective: To demonstrate the feasibility of endoscopic extraperitoneal single site (EESS) inguinal hernia repair and compare it outcomes with the conventional totally extraperitoneal (TEP) technique.

Background: TEP inguinal hernia repair is a widely accepted alternative to conventional open technique with several perioperative advantages. Transumbilical laparoendoscopic singlesite surgery (LESS) is an emerging approach and has been reported for a number of surgical procedures with superior aesthetic results but other advantages need to be proven.

Alternative techniques to reduce warm ischemia time in laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.

Purpose: Demonstrate two alternatives that permit a warm ischemia time reduction during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.

Materials And Methods: In this video, two cases of intermediate complexity renal tumors according to the RENAL nephrometry renal scoring system illustrating the techniques and our preliminary experience: a 65 year old man with a 4 cm right, posterior renal tumor. This patient underwent an early unclamping and parenchymal suturing using a greek bar continuous suture with hem-o-lock clips attached to the respective extremities of the suture; The second patient is a 49 year old man with a 3 cm renal tumor.

Video-assisted colonic conduit: a new minimally invasive urinary diversion to patients after pelvic radiotherapy.

Purpose: To report preliminary results of the first case of video-assisted colonic conduit. A 42-year-old woman had undergone external beam radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix and developed a vesicovaginal fistula with small capacity bladder. Intraoperative option for urinary diversion was colonic conduit.