title: Single-incision laparoscopic surgery for right hemicolectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) allows surgeons to perform laparoscopic procedures through a single umbilical incision, minimizing surgical trauma.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe herein our methods of SILS right hemicolectomy using a recent case as an example.
  
  
  METHODS
  SILS appendectomy and cholecystectomy have been performed by our surgical team for longer than 1 year among more than 80 patients. Patient  SILS right hemicolectomy was performed in a 38-year-old woman with a history of B-cell lymphoma and ileocecal mass.
  
  
  METHODS
  The operation was performed using a SILS port and an extracorporeal stapled anastomosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Length of stay and postoperative pain and complications.
  
  
  RESULTS
  SILS right hemicolectomy took 175 minutes to perform. The patient was discharged on postoperative day 6; a chest infection after surgery had prolonged the length of stay.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SILS is an attractive method to further minimize surgical trauma and can be applied in more complex cases, such as colectomy. Large trials are needed to determine the benefits of this new technique.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, St Mary's Hospital Campus, London, England.
authors.forename: Andre G Y
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Purkayastha
authors.forename: Emmanouil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zacharakis
authors.forename: Paraskevas
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paraskeva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D007080:Ileocecal Valve; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000601:surgery*