Laparoscopic gastric banding without visible scar: a short series with intraumbilical SILS.
Single-incision laparoscopic surgery has been developed with the aims of further reducing the invasiveness of traditional laparoscopy. The technique of lap-band placement from a single intraumbilical incision is described. Three patients underwent a single-incision laparoscopic surgery gastric banding (SILS-GB) for morbid obesity from May to September 2008. All interventions were uneventful and patients were discharged on first postoperative day, after an upper gastrointestinal series. SILS-GB is virtually scarless intervention and may be performed as a day-surgery procedure for the treatment of morbid obesity.
Tacchino
Roberto M
RM
Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy. roberto.tacchino@yahoo.it
Greco
Francesco
F
Matera
Daniele
D
D000328:Adult; D002921:Cicatrix; D005260:Female; D015391:Gastroplasty / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000601:surgery