Laparoendoscopic single site (LESS) surgery is increasingly performed for a multitude of urologic procedures. There has been considerable debate regarding the benefit of LESS surgery. Laboratory evaluation of acute-phase markers in patients receiving conventional laparoscopic and LESS nephrectomy provides new insight.
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J. A. Cadeddu declares associations with the following organization: Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc., where he has acted as Consultant, received grant funding and is a patent applicant/holder. A. Bagrodia declares no competing interests.
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Bagrodia, A., Cadeddu, J. Are we likely to see more of LESS in urological surgery?. Nat Rev Urol 9, 185–186 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2012.44
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