Minimally invasive surgery using mini anterior incision for thyroid diseases: a prospective cohort study.

Aim: Minimally invasive surgical techniques have attracted interest in all surgical specialties since 1980. The thyroidectomy technique requires meticulous surgical dissection, absolute hemostasis, en bloc tumor resection and adequate visualization of the operative field, all of which can be accomplished with minimally invasive techniques.

Methods: The study group comprised all patients undergoing MITS from its introduction in 2010 until July 2012.

Triple, double- and single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a prospective study.

Purpose: Advances in laparoscopic techniques have enabled complicated intra-abdominal surgical procedures to be made with less trauma and a better cosmetic appearance. The techniques have been developed by decreasing the number of incisions in conventional laparoscopic procedures in order to increase patient satisfaction. The aim of this study was to compare the results of cholecystectomies made with 3, 2 or a single incision.