No Visible Scar Colectomy

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Join colorectal surgeons Michael Stamos, MD, FACS, FASCRS, of the University of California Irvine Medical Center, and James W. Fleshman, MD, FACS, FASCRS, of the Washington University School of Medicine, as they highlight the use of Advanced Energy in Colorectal surgery. The advent of NOTES (Natural Orifice Trans En Surgery) and LESS (Laparo Endoscopic Single Site Surgery) has re-invigorated the surgical community to a degree unseen since the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy some two decades ago. While NOTES has great potential, widespread use is probably a decade or more away, barring an as yet unforeseen technologic breakthrough. LESS, on the other hand, holds great promise as a current approach, not just for the future. However, aspects of LESS approaches for colorectal resection are problematic due to the complexity of colorectal procedures. With this in mind, we have approached the operation using a variation of LESS