title: Single-incision laparoscopic surgery for cholecystectomy: an evolving technique.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Laparoscopic techniques have allowed surgeons to perform complicated intraabdominal surgery with minimal trauma. Recent innovators have pioneered the use of single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS), which has the potential of further reducing the trauma of surgical access. This may lead to reduced postoperative pain and improved patient cosmesis.
  
  
  METHODS
  This article reports the authors' method of performing SILS cholecystectomy, with carefully placed sutures used to puppeteer the gallbladder and thus aid retraction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The authors have performed SILS cholecystectomy for 23 patients with good results.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Single-incision laparoscopic surgery is a feasible way to perform cholecystectomy. Further work in the form of randomized controlled trials is needed to investigate the advantages of this new technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of BioSurgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, St Marys Hospital Campus, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, UK.
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Purkayastha
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aziz
authors.forename: Paraskevas
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paraskeva
mesh_terms: D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000379:methods*; D002921:Cicatrix; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000601:surgery
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