title: Single-incision laparoscopic surgery for small bowel resection with an intraumbilical arcuate incision in children.
abstract: Single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) has been performed on children for various procedures. However, few reports are available about SILS for small bowel resection, particularly involving conventional instruments in the pediatric population. Herein, we report four cases of small bowel resection with single umbilical incision and a three-trocar approach. From October 2010 to September 2011, we performed small bowel resection with SILS on four cases, including a boy with an intestinal duplication cyst and three children with Meckel's diverticulum. An intraumbilical arcuate incision was made to expose the abdominal wall fascia, and one 5-mm and two 3.5-mm trocars were inserted. It was not necessary to extend the initial incision to exteriorize the lesion except in one case in which we applied the so-called Y-V closure plasty. All procedures were successful and did not require conversion, and all patients recovered smoothly without any complications. Small bowel resection using the SILS approach is suitable for these diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan. kn-hattori@kitano-hp.or.jp
authors.forename: Kengo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: Masahito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Yuya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyauchi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000601:surgery; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000601:surgery*