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] | Article | Cases (sex) | Age | BMI (kg/m2) | Indication | Colectomy |
| Remzi et al. [5] | Original | 1 (F) | 67 | 35 | Polyp | Right | Bucher et al. [6] | Case | 1 (ns) | 81 | ns | Polyp | Right | Bucher et al. [7] | TN | 1 (F) | 34 | 22 | EM | Sigmoid | Bucher et al. [8] | TN | 1 (M) | 56 | 26 | Polyp | Left | Leroy et al. [9] | TN | 1 (F) | 40 | 21 | DV | Sigmoid |
Merchant and Lin [10] | TN | ns | ns | ns | ns | Right |
Brunner et al. [11] | TN | 2 (F) | 56 | ns | DV | 2 sigmoid | | | 42 | | EM | | Rieger and Lam [12] | Series | 7 (6M-1F) | (60–83) | (22–28) | 4 cancers | 6 right | | | | | | 2 Polyps | 1 left flexure | Ostrowitz et al. [13] | Original | 3 (2M-1F) | (74–82) | ns | 1 cancer | 3 right | | | | | | 2 villous | |
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TN: technical note; EM: endometriosis; DV: diverticulitis; ns: not specified.
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