title: Transumbilical single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy: preliminary experiences.
abstract: As safe techniques and adequate equipment are easily accessible, the minimally invasive approach to cholecystectomy has become the gold standard over the last decade. Nowadays, further minimally invasive techniques using only 1 skin incision to gain access to the abdominal cavity have become available. Transvaginal, transcolonic, or transgastric approaches have recently been described. We present a laparoscopic single-incision transumbilical approach to cholecystectomy with commonly used laparoscopic instruments.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Visceral and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Hospital Neuwerk, Möenchengladbach, Germany. akirschniak@aol.com
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kirschniak
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bollmann
authors.forename: Rudolph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pointner
authors.forename: Frank A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Granderath
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011028:Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013997:Time Factors