Minimum Incision Endoscopic Surgery (MIES) in Japanese Urology: Results of Adrenalectomy, Radical Nephrectomy and Radical Prostatectomy

Abstract AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate the ­feasibility of our minimum incision endoscopic surgeries (MIES), adrenalectomy, radical nephrectomy and radical prostatectomy, which are operated via a single minimum incision which narrowly permits extraction of the specimen, using an endoscope, without gas insufflation, without any trocar ports and without injury to the peritoneum. These operations have been developed in our department in the late 1990s and have since been performed in more than 1 000 patients and certified as advanced surgery by the Japanese government in 2006. METHODS: Adrenalectomy, r…