The challenge of adapting single port laparoscopic surgery into your laparoscopic practice — YRD

The challenge of adapting single port laparoscopic surgery into your laparoscopic practice (1506)

Haider Najjar

Minimally invasive surgery has significant benefits for patient’s post operative recovery and reduced port surgery is and should be a goal for all operative gynaecologists as we move into the future.  Significant advances in the field of laparoscopic surgery in recent years have been dominated by robotic assisted surgery.  Single site surgery has taken somewhat of a back seat due to the inherent issues with narrow operating field and reduced manipulation angle, which cause a steep technical learning curve.  This type of advanced laparoscopic surgery is not in the scope of general laparoscopic training in gynaecology and therefore few operative gynaecologists have the opportunity to master this technique. The challenge for those surgeons who want to incorporate single site surgery into their practice is not only the surgical learning curve but also how to meet these learning goals within a busy laparoscopic practice where few surgical mentors are available.