No clear benefit of single incision surgery: ob-gyns

NEW YORK, July 25: Research so far has not found obvious advantages to minimally invasive surgery involving just one cut, according to a leading organization of women’s doctors. Although single incision surgeries have become more popular in recent years, the evidence does not show they are any better for patients’ health than other minimally invasive procedures, said Dr. Jessica Shepherd, one of the authors of the report from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). (agencies)