Review Article

Single Incision Laparoscopic Colectomy: Technical Aspects, Feasibility, and Expected Benefits

Table 1

Review of single incision laparoscopic colorectal surgery: included studies.

Study [ref]ArticleCases (sex)AgeBMI (kg/m2)IndicationColectomy

Remzi et al. [5]Original1 (F)6735PolypRight
Bucher et al. [6]Case1 (ns)81nsPolypRight
Bucher et al. [7]TN1 (F)3422EMSigmoid
Bucher et al. [8]TN1 (M)5626PolypLeft
Leroy et al. [9]TN1 (F)4021DVSigmoid
Merchant and Lin [10]TNnsnsnsnsRight
Brunner et al. [11]TN2 (F)56nsDV2 sigmoid
42EM
Rieger and Lam [12]Series7 (6M-1F)(60–83)(22–28)4 cancers6 right
2 Polyps1 left flexure
Ostrowitz et al. [13]Original3 (2M-1F)(74–82)ns1 cancer3 right
2 villous

TN: technical note; EM: endometriosis; DV: diverticulitis; ns: not specified.