title: The first report of a single-port laparoscopic nephrectomy in a child.
abstract: There has been an exponential rise in the use of minimally invasive procedures in surgery, with obvious benefits to patients. Recently, transumbilical single-port laparoscopic surgery has been championed as the next major technical advance. In this article, we report the first case where single-port laparoscopic surgery has been used to manage a paediatric problem in the region.
authors.affiliation: Division of Paediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. kkywong@hku.hk
authors.forename: K K Y
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: P H Y
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: L C L
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.forename: I H Y
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: P K H
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Tam
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014472:Umbilicus; D014513:Ureter / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery