title: Single-incision laparoscopic hepatectomy for benign and malignant hepatopathy: initial experience in 8 Chinese patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) technique has been used in many surgical procedures, but there are few reports regarding liver surgeries. The purpose of this study was to perform single-incision laparoscopic hepatectomy (SILH) using standard laparoscopic instrumentation in 8 Chinese patients. The advantages and prospective future applications of SILH are also described.
  
  
  METHODS
  Selected patients were hospitalized between December 2009 and November 2011. The procedure was accomplished through a 2.5-cm transabdominal wall incision using a laparoscope and 2 other instruments without the assistance of any articulating instruments or single multiport trocar.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All procedures were successfully performed without the need for supplemental trocars. Postoperative pathological examinations were supportive of the preoperative diagnoses. No complications such as perioperative hemorrhage or infections occurred.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SILH appears to be a safe approach and the results are cosmetically favorable. The accumulation of SILH experience and the development of instrumentation are needed for extensive use of this technique in hepatectomies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery of Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guang Zhou, China.
authors.forename: Mingxin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Zesheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Xiaoping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chenjie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Guolin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Tingcheng
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Hanyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed