Transumbilical single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Surgery of the gallbladder has evolved tremendously over the last century. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard for gallbladder removal and the most common laparoscopic procedure worldwide. In recent times, innovative techniques of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) and transumbilical single-port (TUSP) or single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS), have been applied in gallbladder removal as a step towards even more less-invasive procedures. We report a 49-year-old woman with calculosis which were submitted to a single-port transumbilical laparoscopic cholecystectomy, first time done on the Surgical Clinic of Tuzla, and first time in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Department of Surgery, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. shasukic@bih.net.ba
Sefik
S
Hasukic
Ervin
E
Matovic
Ferid
F
Konjic
Enes
E
Idrizovic
Hajrudin
H
Halilovic
Selma
S
Avdagic
D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000379:methods*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014472:Umbilicus