title: Single-port retrieval of peritoneal foreign body using SILS port: report of a case.
abstract: Foreign body retrieval surgery sometimes does not need excision and reconstruction of the gastrointestinal tract. To avoid unnecessarily large incisions is now feasible for such retrieval surgery. We report herein a case of a patient who underwent retrieval surgery with a single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) to minimize surgical incision. Our case concerns a 72-year-old female with a 3 cm length needle incidentally discovered as a peritoneal foreign body without any apparent symptoms. Retrieval was performed safely with SILS port inserted through a 2.5 cm transverse incision below the umbilicus. Two flexible forceps introduced through the SILS port offer easy operation for retrieving foreign bodies even if dissection or other surgical maneuvers are required. Our technique of abdominal foreign body retrieval with the SILS port is a useful clinical application of minimally invasive surgery for such cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya City University, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Japan. mshara@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masayasu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imafuji
authors.forename: Mikinori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Funahashi
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takeyama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity