title: Single-incision laparoscopic appendectomy using homemade glove port at low cost.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to report homemade glove port technique for single-incision laparoscopic appendectomy (SILA).
  
  
  METHODS
  Our homemade glove port was composed of a size 6 latex sterile surgical glove, a sterilized plastic bangle, and three pieces of silicon tube (5 cm in length) that were used as the suction tube. Clinical data were retrospectively collected from those patients who underwent SILA at Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea between February 2014 and June 2014, including patient demographics, and operative and postoperative outcomes. To compare the outcomes, a retrospective review was performed for those patients who underwent conventional laparoscopic appendectomy (CLA) between October 2013 and January 2014. Both SILA and CLA were performed by the same surgical team.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The SILA and CLA groups included 37 and 57 patients, respectively. The mean age, weight, body mass index (BMI), operation time, and pathologic diagnosis of gangrenous appendicitis were not significantly different between the two groups. However, the mean hospital stay in the CLA group was significantly (P = 0.018) longer than that in the SILA group (4.2 days vs 3.5 days). There was no conversion to open surgery in both the groups. Of the cases who underwent SILA, 10 (27.0%) needed insertion of additional port and drain. There was one (3.2%) complication of umbilical surgical site infection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this study, SILA, with homemade glove port, was technically feasible and safe at low cost.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Myoung
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
authors.forename: Go Sung
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
authors.forename: Do Sang
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: glove port; single-incision laparoscopic appendectomy