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Letter
Will the widespread use of uniportal surgery influence the need of surgeons?
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It is evident that minimally invasive surgery is a ‘gift’ that technology gave to our patients, and is contributing to make healthcare better. The recent advent of the so-called ‘uniportal’ surgery in the common practice of surgery permits to perform complex operations through a single skin incision ranging from 2 to 8 cm.1–3 Although uniportal surgery was introduced >15 years ago,2 only in the last few years the evidence that the advent of uniportal video-assisted …
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