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Consensus statement of the consortium for laparoendoscopic single-site surgery

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  1. Efforts are underway to secure trademark protection for the acronym LESSCAR. The aim of trademark protection is not to restrict its use but rather to ensure that it can be used freely by all individuals, organizations, and institutions that wish to conduct research and use single-port procedures. It is possible that the term’s use might be restricted if a for-profit organization were to acquire trademark privileges.

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Acknowledgments

Mac Overmeyer, a professional medical writer, transcribed and collated the proceedings and discussions of the LESSCAR symposium for the purposes of this white paper, for which he received an honorarium. Gratefully, LESSCAR acknowledges the financial support of Olympus Corporation in underwriting the inaugural LESSCAR working group meeting in Cleveland, OH, 7 July 2008.

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Authors Inderbir S. Gill, Arnold P. Advincula, Monish Aron, Jeffrey Caddedu David Canes, Paul G. Curcillo II, Mihir M. Desai, John C. Evanko, Tomasso Falcone, Victor Fazio, Matthew Gettman, Andrew A. Gumbs, Georges-Pascal Haber, Jihad H. Kaouk, Fernando J. Kim, Stephanie A. King, Jeffrey Ponsky, Feza Remzi, Homero Rivas, Alexander Rosemurgy, Sharonna Ross, Philip Schauer, Rene Sotelo, Jose Speranza, John Sweeney, Julio Teixeira have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.

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  1. USC Institute of Urology, Catherine and Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1441 Eastlake Ave, NTT 7416, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA

    Inderbir S. Gill, Monish Aron & Mihir M. Desai

  2. Global Robotic Institute, Celebration, FL, USA

    Arnold P. Advincula

  3. Department of Urology, University of Texas, Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA

    Jeffrey Caddedu

  4. Lahey Institute of Urology, Lahey Clinic, Burtlington, MA, USA

    David Canes

  5. Department of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Paul G. Curcillo II

  6. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    John C. Evanko

  7. Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Tomasso Falcone

  8. Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Victor Fazio

  9. Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Matthew Gettman

  10. New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Andrew A. Gumbs

  11. Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Georges-Pascal Haber & Jihad H. Kaouk

  12. Department of Urology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA

    Fernando Kim

  13. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Stephanie A. King

  14. Department of Surgery at University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Jeffrey Ponsky

  15. Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Feza Remzi

  16. Department of Surgery, University of Texas, Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA

    Homero Rivas

  17. Department of Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Alexander Rosemurgy & Sharona Ross

  18. Bariatric and Metabolic Institute (BMI), Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Philip Schauer

  19. Clinica La Floresta, Caracas, Venezuela

    Rene Sotelo

  20. Universidad Abierta, Rosario, Argentina

    Jose Speranza

  21. Division of General and GI Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    John Sweeney

  22. Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt, New York, NY, USA

    Julio Teixeira

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Gill, I.S., Advincula, A.P., Aron, M. et al. Consensus statement of the consortium for laparoendoscopic single-site surgery. Surg Endosc 24, 762–768 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-009-0688-8

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