title: A simple and safe technique for performing single-port laparoscopic resection of appendiceal mucocele.
abstract: We report a new method of performing single-port laparoscopic surgery for appendiceal mucocele. The key points of our technique are placing a 3/4 circumferential skin incision with multiple radial splits on the confine of the umbilicus, use of a "home-made" multichannel port system, and trimming the skin incision straight through the confine of the umbilicus at the time of wound closure. A 65-year-old woman with appendiceal mucocele, 80 mm in diameter, successfully underwent ileocecal resection by this procedure. She remains in good health without any wound complications 8 months postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Tract and General Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, 1981 Kamoda, Kawagoe, Saitama, 350-8550, Japan. k_ishi@saitama-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohsawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kumamoto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishida
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*