BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Many laparoscopic surgeons are now transitioning from standard multiple-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy to single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) in an attempt to improve cosmetic outcomes and decrease postoperative morbidity. However, little has been published regarding the potential complications of SILS operations. METHODS We report the case of a patient un...

Aim: To compare the outcome of SIL (single incision laparoscopic) cholecystectomy versus conventional four-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Methods: Two hundred patients are included in this study fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria and arerandomly divided into two equal groups (100 in each). Results: Both the Groups were comparable and there is statistically significant differenc...

conclusions laparoscopic cholecystectomy as the method of choice in treatment of gallbladder stone is associated with high success rate. this approach is increasingly being performed because of the decrease in patients’ hospital stay, morbidity, and rapid return to normal life. patients and methods this is a retrospective study. medical records of patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystec...

Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) have been developed to reduce the invasiveness of laparoscopic surgery. SILS has been frequently applied in various clinical settings, such as cholecystectomy, colectomy, and sleeve gastrectomy. So far, there have been four reports on single incision laparoscopic distal gastrectomy and one re...

The initial pose of the surgical robot and the incision site of the robot arm in laparoscopic cholecystectomy have been be discussed and planned in this system. The arm holding the forceps of da Vinci system could be guided in reference to the virtual laparoscopic camera views of the patient model as in Fig. 1. Once the trocar site is determined, the manipulator makes pivoting motion around the...

The first cholecystectomy was performed by Langenbuch in 1882 (1), and the surgical approach changed very little in the next century. However, in the 1980s, reports began to appear that described the removal of the gallbladder through a 3-8 cm, muscle-sparing incision (small-incision cholecystectomy, or minicholecystectomy) (2-17). A few years later, laparoscopic cholecystectomy entered the sce...

BACKGROUND Recent enthusiasm in the surgical community for less invasive surgical approaches has resulted in widespread application of single-incision techniques. This has been most commonly applied in laparoscopic cholecystectomy in general surgery. Cosmesis appears to be improved, but other advantages remain to be seen. Feasibility has been demonstrated, but there is little description in the...

Objectives. This paper aims to analyze the feasibility and safety of single-incision laparoscopic colectomy (SILC) and its potential benefits. Methods. Systematic review was performed for the years 1983-August 2011 to retrieve all relevant literature. A total of 21 studies with 477 patients undergoing SILC were selected. Results. Range of operative times and estimated blood losses were 75-229 m...