A comparison of single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy and an alternative technique without a suspension suture.
OBJECTIVE
Many surgeons face difficulties during single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) surgery and are forced to use an additional port. We compared the results of a technique that we developed with SILC.


METHODS
Fifty-four patients who were diagnosed with chronic cholelithiasis were prospectively randomized and divided into two groups. An additional 5-mm port (MCAP: with an additional port using a multi-channel device through the umbilicus) was placed in the subxiphoid area instead of a transabdominal suspension suture in one group of patients. The other group was operated on with the SILC technique. The demographic and surgical data of the patients were compared.


RESULTS
The MCAP technique shortened the surgery duration by more than half (MCAP: 35.0±12.3, SILC: 79.1±27.7 min) (p<0.05). No difference was found between the two methods in terms of estimated blood loss, length of hospitalization, postoperative day 1 and 7 visual analog scale scores, need for analgesia in the postoperative period, and rate of changing to another technique due to inadequacy of the surgical technique.


CONCLUSIONS
MCAP is as safe as SILC for cholecystectomy and is easier for the surgeon to perform.
Department of General Surgery, Kafkas University Faculty of Medicine, Kars, Turkey.
Barlas
B
Sülü
Department of General Surgery, Kafkas University Faculty of Medicine, Kars, Turkey.
Tülay
T
Diken
Department of General Surgery, Kafkas University Faculty of Medicine, Kars, Turkey.
Hasan
H
Altun
Department of General Surgery, Kafkas University Faculty of Medicine, Kars, Turkey.
Turgut
T
Anuk
Department of General Surgery, Kafkas University Faculty of Medicine, Kars, Turkey.
Bülent
B
Güvendi
Department of General Surgery, Kafkas University Faculty of Medicine, Kars, Turkey.
Elif
E
İlingi
Department of General Surgery, Kafkas University Faculty of Medicine, Kars, Turkey.
Musa Sinan
MS
Eren
Department of General Surgery, Kafkas University Faculty of Medicine, Kars, Turkey.
Yusuf
Y
Günerhan
Department of General Surgery, Kafkas University Faculty of Medicine, Kars, Turkey.
Neşet
N
Köksal
Cholecystectomy; cholelithiasis; laparoscopic surgery; minimally invasive