Single-Port Laparoscopic Appendicectomy

Needle Port Assisted Two-Port Laparoscopic Appendicectomy

Introduction: In conventional Laparoscopic Appendicectomy, three ports are used wherein both the subumbilical and supra-pubic port sites are hidden the by the natural camouflages and the only visible scar is the third port in the iliac fossa. The third port scar can be made invisible by using a needle port for trans-parietal appendicular traction. Materials and Methods: From January 2013 to May...

Single Port Laparoscopic Appendicectomy versus Open Appendicectomy in Cases of Appendicitis

Background: Appendicectomy is the treatment for appendicitis. A recent development in Appendicectomy has been the introduction of less invasive single incision laparoscopic surgery. There are still many unanswered questions regarding efficiency of this new technique in terms of benefits, cosmetic outcome, complications, etc. To study and compare the outcome, effectiveness and safety of single p...

Single Port Laparoscopic Gastrostomy

Introduction: Since the first classic descriptions of surgical gastrostomies for feeding by supraumbilical medial incisions, patients were operated under general anesthesia, with prolonged time of surgery, these were patients in poor health status, undernourished due to inadequate intake or to neurological or tumor involvement, with prolonged hospitalization, both for the recovery of the intest...

Laparoscopic Appendicectomy

Single port laparoscopic mesh rectopexy

INTRODUCTION Traditionally, laparoscopic mesh rectopexy is performed with four ports, in an attempt to improve cosmetic results. Following laparoscopic mesh rectopexy there is a new operative technique called single-port laparoscopic mesh rectopexy. AIM To evaluate the single-port laparoscopic mesh rectopexy technique in control of rectal prolapse and the cosmesis and body image issues of thi...