Selman Uranues has acquired an international reputation on the basis of his work in minimally invasive surgery, visceral traumatology and acute surgery. His early interest in surgical research coincided with the introduction of laparoscopy and minimally invasive surgery. Based on his experimental studies and on the growing demand for clinical application of ever smaller instruments and sophisticated techniques, including virtual reality and robotics, of which he was an earl proponent, he played a leading role in the development of this field.S. Uranues: From blackboard to whiteboard: The old style of classroom education is dead. In: R. Latifi (Hrsg.): Establishing telemedicine in developing countries: From inception to implementation. IOS Press, Amsterdam 2004, .S. Uranues, H. Mächler, P. Bergmann, St. Huber, G. Hoebarth, J. Pfeifer, B. Rigler, K. H. Tscheliessnigg, H. J. Mischinger: Early experience with telemanipulative abdominal and cardiac surgery with the Zeus robotic system. In: European Surgery (ACA). 2002(34), S. 190–193.G. Hoebarth, Q. Xia, L. Kronberger, G. Bretthauer, S. Uranues: Virtual Reality in der Ausbildung der Laparoskopischen Chirurgie. In: Eur Surg. 2001; 33(175), S. 364 - Chirurgenkongress 2001; JUN 14-16, 2001; Graz, AUSTRIA. He has since gone on to advanced work in reduced port and endoscopic surgery,S. Uranüs, Z. Peng, L. Kronberger, J. Pfeifer, B. Salehi: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy using 2-mm instruments. In: J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 1998; 8(5), S. 255–259.S. Uranues, G. Tomasch, D. Nagele-Moser: Technique and outcome of 2 mm needlescopic cholecystectomy.(*) In: EUR SURG. 2011; 43(6), S. 374–377.S. Uranues: Laparoscopic Techniques in the Repair of Large Defects. In: R. Latifi (Hrsg.): Surgery of Complex Abdominal Wall Defects. Springer Science+Business Media, New York 2013, S. 167–172. where there is enormous potential for future reduction of surgical trauma. He was one of the first to advocate the preservation of the spleen in trauma cases.S. Uranues, L. Kronberger: Therapie der Milzverletzungen. In: ACTA CHIR AUST. 1989;(3), S. 236.S. Uranues, L. Kronberger, A. Beham, W. Stenzl: Anwendung des TA-Staplers in der Milzchirurgie. In: Langenbecks Arch Chir. 1989. Suppl. II, S. 399ff.J. Fruhwirth, S. Uranues, L. Kronberger: Milzerhaltung im Experiment - partielle Splenektomie mit dem TA-Stapler. In: ACTA CHIR AUST. 1988; (3), S. 348.S. Uranues: Orthotope Milzerhaltung unter Anwendung des TA-Staplers und der Kunststoffnetz-Splenorrhaphie. In: Langenbecks Arch Chir. 1990.
