title: Single port laparoscopic subtotal colectomy and ileostomy in an adolescent with ulcerative colitis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Single port laparoscopic surgery has been increasingly used for complex surgical procedures. To our knowledge, this is the first published report of a single port laparoscopic subtotal colectomy and ileostomy in an adolescent patient with ulcerative colitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 13-year old female patient with ulcerative colitis resistant to maximal medical therapy underwent a single port laparoscopic subtotal colectomy and ileostomy. Both the procedure and the postoperative recovery were uneventful and the patient was discharged home on the sixth postoperative day. Follow-up at 3 and 8 weeks after surgery identified no early complications with a 4 kg weight gain.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Single port laparoscopic surgery is feasible in the adolescent population if there is appropriate surgical expertise and strict patient selection.
authors.affiliation: Cambridge Colorectal Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, United Kingdom. nikolaos.chatzizacharias@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Nikolaos A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Chatzizacharias
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Torrente
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brennan
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Heuschkel
authors.forename: R Justin
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods*; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy / Q000379:methods; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome