title: Single-Incision Laparoscopic Appendectomy with a Low-Cost Technique and Surgical-Glove Port: "How To Do It" with Comparison of the Outcomes and Costs in a Consecutive Single-Operator Series of 45 Cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and General Surgery and Trauma Surgery Unit, C A Pizzardi Maggiore Hospital Trauma Center, Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: salo75@inwind.it.
authors.forename: Salomone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Di Saverio
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and General Surgery and Trauma Surgery Unit, C A Pizzardi Maggiore Hospital Trauma Center, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mandrioli
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and General Surgery and Trauma Surgery Unit, C A Pizzardi Maggiore Hospital Trauma Center, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Arianna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Birindelli
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and General Surgery and Trauma Surgery Unit, C A Pizzardi Maggiore Hospital Trauma Center, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biscardi
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and General Surgery and Trauma Surgery Unit, C A Pizzardi Maggiore Hospital Trauma Center, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Donato
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hospital Therezinha de Jesus, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde Juiz de Fora (SUPREMA), Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos Augusto
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and General Surgery and Trauma Surgery Unit, C A Pizzardi Maggiore Hospital Trauma Center, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piccinini
authors.affiliation: Laparoscopic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, M Mellini Hospital, Chiari, Italy.
authors.forename: Nereo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vettoretto
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Adria Hospital, Adria, Rovigo, Italy.
authors.forename: Ferdinando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Agresta
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and General Surgery and Trauma Surgery Unit, C A Pizzardi Maggiore Hospital Trauma Center, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Gregorio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tugnoli
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and General Surgery and Trauma Surgery Unit, C A Pizzardi Maggiore Hospital Trauma Center, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Elio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jovine
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000191:economics / Q000601:surgery*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult