title: Transumbilical Gelport access technique for performing single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) is an area of active research within general surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A number of procedures, including cholecystectomy, appendectomy, urologic procedures, adrenalectomy, and bariatric procedures, are currently being performed with this methodology. There is, as yet, no standard published technique for single-port access to the peritoneal cavity for SILS. We describe, herein, an access technique utilizing existing instrumentation including a Gelport and wound retractor that is reliable and easy. This technique has been used successfully at our institution for a number of single incision laparoscopic procedures.
authors.affiliation: Emory Endosurgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Emory University, 1364 Clifton Road, Suite H-127, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
authors.forename: Aziz M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Merchant
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Brent C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: S Scott
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Sweeney
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000601:surgery*