title: Single-laparoscopic incision transabdominal surgery sleeve gastrectomy.
abstract: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy has recently been added to the list of appropriate weight loss operations presently performed by bariatric surgeons. The sleeve gastrectomy is routinely performed using five and up to seven laparoscopic trocars with enlargement of one of the trocar sites for extraction of the gastric specimen. We describe a case of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy performed through a single laparoscopic incision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, 333 City Boulevard West, Suite 850, Orange, CA, 92868, USA. kreavis@uci.edu
authors.forename: Kevin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Reavis
authors.forename: Marcelo W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Hinojosa
authors.forename: Brian R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Ninh T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
mesh_terms: D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery