title: [Transumbilical single-port access laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the surgical outcomes after transumbilical single-port access laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients undergoing transumbilical single-port access laparoscopic radical resection for colorectal cancer at the Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University were included.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three patients underwent transumbilical single-port access laparoscopic radical resection for sigmoid colon cancer and 1 for rectal cancer between August 2010 and September 2010. There were no intraoperative or postoperative complications. No conversion was required. The mean operative time was 206 min and the mean estimated blood loss was 75 ml. The mean number of harvested lymph nodes was 21. Patients were ambulatory in the same day of surgery or postoperative day 1. Length of hospital stay ranged from 7 to 10 days.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transumbilical single-port access laparoscopic surgery is safe for colorectal cancer. Long-term outcomes warrant further investigation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361004, China.
authors.forename: Xing-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Si-Bo
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Zhi-Jie
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Li-Ping
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Zhi-Jian
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Wei-Jian
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Zhong-Quan
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Zhong-Chen
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000601:surgery