BACKGROUND Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) is an emerging technique that has been used as an approach for appendectomy, cholecystectomy, and splenectomy. We describe the technique of single incision laparoscopic splenectomy for hypersplenism in a 5-year-old boy with spherocytosis. CASE REPORT The patient required blood transfusions for anemia secondary to hypersplenism. His spleen...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Multiple single-port or single-incision techniques have been successfully implemented for laparoscopic cholecystectomy in adults and children. These techniques require either a large multichannel port or a larger skin incision to accommodate multiple ports or instruments. Inspired by a first generation single-port instrument, we developed a safe and effective techniqu...

There are no conflicts of interest. trial of immediate postoperative pain following single‑incision versus traditional laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Chin Med Westert GP, Drenth JP, et al. Prospective multicentre cohort study of patient‑reported outcomes after cholecystectomy for uncomplicated symptomatic cholecystolithiasis. of pain perception and tramadol consumption using intravenous patient‑...

Cholecystectomy is the treatment of choice for symptomatic gallstones because it removes the organ that contributes to both the formation of gallstones and the complications ensuing from them.1 The morbidity associated with cholecystectomy is attributable to injury to the abdominal wall in the process of gaining access to the gallbladder (i.e., the incision in the abdominal wall and its closure...

BACKGROUND Single-incision laparoscopic surgery has gained increasing attention due to its potential to improve the benefits of laparoscopic surgery. However, the technique remains technically challenging for most surgeons. We developed a new technique utilizing a needle grasper held in the surgeon's left hand as an alternative to conventional single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC)...

OBJECTIVES To describe the surgical complications associated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy, as performed by a single surgeon over an 8-year period and to discuss how this compares to newer methods of cholecystectomy, such as single-incision surgery and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery. METHODS The charts of 1000 consecutive patients who underwent consecutive cholecystectom...