title: A Novel System for Single-Port Laparoscopic Surgery: Preliminary Experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present preliminary data of single-access laparoscopic surgery with a new device for the treatment of benign adnexal pathologies.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ten women with benign adnexal pathologies underwent salpingectomy (n = 4) and ovarian/para-ovarian cyst enucleation (n = 6) using a laparo-endoscopic single-port approach with an innovative advanced multiport reusable trocar inserted transumbilically through a small wound retractor. Trocar introduction time, operative time, estimated blood loss, conversion to standard laparoscopy, peri- and postoperative complications, hospital stay and Visual Analog Scale score (as assessment of pain and cosmesis) were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Port placement was successful in all patients. Mean trocar introduction time was 4.4 min (range 3.4-5.3 min) and no intra or postoperative complication occurred. The mean operating time was 50.0 ± 9.2 min and mean blood loss was 28.5 ± 8.8 ml. The mean hospital stay following surgery was 1.6 ± 0.5 days and convalescence was complete in 1 week. Neither scores for postoperative incisional pain nor cosmesis side effects have been observed in any subjects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We concluded that adnexal single-port surgery performed with this innovative advanced surgical instrumentation is a feasible, safe, and effective technique that drastically reduces postoperative pain and does not compromise cosmetic appearance. The isolation of the operative field by means of the drape prevents the contamination of the port site that occurs frequently, and mainly in adnexal pathologies of uncertain etiology. In addition, the ease of insertion and the conformation of the new port access also make the procedure feasible in obese patients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Letizia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Freschi
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pluchino
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Angioni
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Simi
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruggiero
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cela
mesh_terms: D000291:Adnexal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome