Edoardo Raposio
Editor

2016

The adage “large incision, big surgeon” governed surgery for over 100 years. The larger the wound, however, the more skin, fascia, nerves, and muscles are transected, and the more morbidity can be expected. Surgeons from various domains have become fascinated by endoscopy, with its very low complication rates, high diagnostic yields, and the possibility of performing a large variety of therapeutic procedures.