TY  - JOUR
T1  - IS single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy really beneficial?
AU  - Berney CR
Y1  - 2012/07/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.2012.49
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 589
EP  - 590
VL  - 147
IS  - 7
N2  - 
In the quest for an even less invasive surgical technique, and perhaps emerging as a better substitute to natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery, single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS), also known as laparaoendoscopic single-site or single-port access surgery, has grown rapidly in popularity among surgeons during the past few years. The sudden increase in the number of publications on this subject is testament to this. A substantial proportion of these articles relate to gallbladder surgery, which is probably the most suitable approach to study as it can be easily compared with the well-standardized laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Navarra et al1 were the first to describe single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) in 1997 and since then, several recent large series have shown that this procedure could be performed safely with satisfactory outcome.2- 5 However, what benefit does SILC really offer over the gold-standard multiport LC?

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2012.49
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2012.49
ER  -