title: Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) hernia repair via a single port.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To report our initial experience and outcome of 7 cases of single port laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) hernia repair.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between May 2009 and June 2010, 7 patients underwent single port TAPP hernia repair for inguinal hernia. The device was placed through a single 2 cm infraumbilical incision. Patients' demographics, hernia characteristics, operative time, conversion rate, intraoperative and postoperative complications, and recurrence were measured. Five patients had unilateral and 2 had bilateral hernias.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean operative time was 67 minutes (range: 36 to 111 min). None of the patients required any conversion to conventional TAPP. No intraoperative and postoperative complications were recorded and no recurrences have been recorded to the present with a median follow-up of 6 months (range: 2 to 8 mo).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Single port TAPP hernia repair is safe and feasible. Further study is needed to evaluate the benefits of this novel approach compared with the conventional laparoscopic approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre, National University Hospital, Singapore. tiong_thye_goo@nuhs.edu.sg
authors.forename: Tiong Thye
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Goo
authors.forename: Rajat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lawenko
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lomanto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D007902:Length of Stay; D008875:Middle Aged; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000601:surgery