title: Early experience with SILS port laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ever since single-incision laparoscopic surgery was introduced 12 years ago, it has undergone many attempts to improve its feasibility and accessibility. We herein are reporting our early experience with SILS Port as a multichannel single-port access to perform laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six morbidly obese patients underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy using the SILS Port as a common point of entry for 3 trocars. The same perioperative protocol was implemented for all 6 patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All 6 SILS Port laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomies were successfully performed using this technique. The 3 super-obese male patients with central obesity required the insertion of a 5-mm subxiphoid trocar. The mean operating time was 123 minutes. There were no mortalities or postoperative complications noted during the immediate follow-up period of all 6 patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SILS gastrectomy using SILS Port is safe and feasible.
authors.affiliation: Michigan State University, Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA. saber@kcms.msu.edu
authors.forename: Alan A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Saber
authors.forename: Tarek H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: El-Ghazaly
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors