title: Single port laparoscopic cholecystectomy with the TriPort system: a case report.
abstract: Single port access surgery may be the next generation of minimally invasive surgery. This study reports a recent experience with the TriPort system (trademark pending, Advanced Surgical Concepts, Wicklow, Ireland) to perform a laparoscopic cholecystectomy via a single peri-umbilical incision. To the authors' knowledge, this is one of the first cases of single port laparoscopic cholecystectomy ever performed with this device in the United States. Randomized studies to compare single port laparoscopic cholecystectomy with traditional laparoscopic cholecystectomy, with specific regard to postoperative pain scores, would be helpful in determining how much additional benefit, if any, there is to the patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA. john.romanelli@bhs.org
authors.forename: John Robert
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Romanelli
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mark
authors.forename: Philip A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Omotosho