title: [No conclusive evidence for replacing conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy with newer operating techniques].
abstract: Single-insicion laparoscopic surgery (SILS) and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) represent the latest development in minimally invasive surgery and are used in a wide variety of operations, e.g. cholecystectomies. The proposed benefits are less surgical trauma, reduced post-operative pain, smaller risk of infection and hence a shortened hospital stay compared with conventional laparoscopy. So far, no randomised study has uniformly shown clear advantages of SILS or NOTES that could justify an implementation of these techniques as acceptable alternatives to conventional laparoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Kirurgisk Afdeling P, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Tage-Hansens Gade 2, 8000 Aarhus C. anders.mark@studmed.au.dk
authors.forename: Anders Mark
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: Mads Mark
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Christensen
mesh_terms: D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D057605:Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology