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ABSTRACT: To describe the effects of laparoendoscopic single-site (LESS) surgery performed over 3 consecutive years to treat adnexal disease and to report patient perioperative outcomes.
Retrospective clinical study (Canadian Task Force classification III).
Tertiary care academic medical center.
Women undergoing LESS because of a benign gynecologic indication, from January 2009 through December 2011.
Women with benign adnexal disease ≤10 cm underwent LESS surgery through a single 1.5- to 2.0-cm umbilical incision. Intraoperative and postoperative outcomes were carefully recorded, including the need for postoperative rescue analgesia.
One hundred twenty-five patients were enrolled. Median patient age was 49 years, and median body mass index was 23. Surgical procedures included unilateral or bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and unilateral or bilateral cyst enucleation. Median operative time was 48 minutes. Pain control was optimal, with an average visual analog score of 4/10. Both patients and surgeons were highly satisfied with the cosmetic result, and the cosmetic visual analog score was 9/10 at discharge and at 30 days after surgery. The number of women who underwent unilateral or bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy increased progressively and significantly yearly over the study period (16 vs 23 vs 40; p = .001). Median operative time for unilateral or bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy increased significantly from 2009 to 2010 and 2011 (34 vs 45 and 44 minutes; p = .001), together with median BMI (23 vs 23 vs 25; p = .04).
LESS is a desirable surgical approach in patients with simple adnexal disease.
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology 11/2012; 19(6):695-700. · 1.74 Impact Factor
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Fertility and sterility 10/2012; · 3.97 Impact Factor
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Fertility and sterility 07/2011; · 3.97 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: To compare postoperative pain after laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) approach with conventional multiaccess laparoscopy (LPS).
Prospective randomized trial.
University hospital.
Benign adnexal disease.
Postoperative pain was measured by using the visual analog scale (VAS) at 20 minutes, 2 hours, 4 hours, and 8 hours after surgery. The need for postoperative rescue doses of analgesia was also recorded.
Pain after surgery.
A total of 60 patients were enrolled. Within 8 hours, patients who underwent conventional LPS complained of statistically significant greater postoperative pain at VAS evaluation than those undergoing LESS, both at rest and after Valsalva maneuver, with a higher need for rescue analgesia.
LESS provides an advantage over conventional multiaccess LPS in terms of postoperative pain and need for rescue analgesia, with similar perioperative outcomes.
Fertility and sterility 05/2011; 96(1):255-259.e2. · 3.97 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: This study aimed to evaluate the potential advantages of laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) approach with respect to conventional laparoscopy.
Thirty LESS patients were matched 2:1 with a previous cohort of 58 patients undergoing conventional laparoscopy for the same type of surgery (controls).
Median operative time (38.5 vs 54 minutes; P = .09) and estimated blood loss (20 vs 30 mL; P = .008) were more favorable in patients undergoing LESS treatment compared with those undergoing conventional laparoscopy. Rupture of the cyst was observed in 11 out of 30 cases (36.6%) and 26 of 58 controls (44.8%; P = .46). Median length of stay was 1 day in the cases and 2 in the controls (P = .03).
Decreases in operative time, estimated blood loss, or length of stay should not be considered a benefit attributable to LESS; rather it seems there are no differences between these 2 surgical approaches after an adequate selection of patients.
Surgical Innovation 01/2011; 18(1):29-33. · 2.13 Impact Factor
