Clinical Study
Initial Experience in Single-Incision Transumbilical Laparoscopic Liver Resection: Indications, Potential Benefits, and Limitations
Table 1
Literature review for series of more than 5 cases.
| | Authors | Port | Instruments | Scope | Pathologies | Cases () | BMI (Kg/m2)* | Operative time (min)* | Conversion (%) | Blood loss (mL)* | Final scar (cm)* | Hospital stay (days)* |
| | Shetty et al. [24] | Gloveport
(Sejong Medical) | Straight | 5 mm Flexible | Malignant | 24 | NA | 205# | 8.3+ 16.6@ | 500# | 5 | 8.5# | | Cipriani et al. [23] | Triport (ACS), Quadriport (Olympus) | Straight | 5 mm Flexible | Benign and Malignant | 14 | 24.3 | 187 | 0+@ | 214 | NA | 5# | | Zhao et al. [22] | Triport (ACS),
5-5-5 mm trocars | Straight and Articulating | 5 mm Rigid and Flexible | Benign and Malignant | 12 | 26.3 | 80.4 | 16.7+ 0@ | 45 | 2.5 | 4.3 | | Aikawa et al. [25] | SILS
port (Covidien) | Straight | 5 mm Flexible | Benign and Malignant | 8 | NA | 148 | 0+@ | 2 | 3 | 6.2 | | Pan et al. [28] | 10 mm and 5 mm trocars | Straight | 10 mm | Benign and Malignant | 8 | 26.2 | 89.7 | 0+@ | 64.3 | 2.5 | 3.7 | | Tan et al. [26] | various | Straight and Articulating | 5 mm Flexible | Benign and Malignant | 7 | NA | 142# | NA+ 0@ | 200# | NA | 3# | | Gaujoux et al. [21] | Gelport (Applied) | Straight | 10 mm Flexible | Benign and Malignant | 5 | 27.1 | 107 | 0+@ | 39 | 5 | 2 | | Cai et al. [27] | Triport (ASC) | Straight | 10 mm Rigid | Benign | 5 | 25.8# | 87.3# | 0+@ | NA | NA | 4.6# |
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*Mean.
#Median.
+Additional trocar.
@Open surgery.
NA: Not available.
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