Review Article
Single Incision Laparoscopic Colectomy: Technical Aspects, Feasibility, and Expected Benefits
Table 2
Single incision laparoscopic colorectal surgery: material required.
| Study [ref] | Port system | Laparoscope | Graspers/Scissors | Single port (diameter, mm) | Trocars (diameter, mm) | Tip | Diameter (mm) | Degree |
| Brunner et al. [11] | None | 3 trocars (5, 5, 5) | Rigid/Straight | 5 | 30° | AR–ST/ns |
| Remzi et al. [5] | Triport (5, 5, 5) | None | Flexible | 5 (incorporated light source) | ns | Curved/Curved |
| Rieger and Lam [12] | None | 3 trocars (12, 5, 5) | ns/ns | 10 | 30° | ST/AR |
| Merchant and Lin [10] | Gelport | 3 trocars (10, 5, 5) | Rigid/Straight | 5 | 30° | AR/ns |
| Bucher et al. [6–8] | None | 2 trocars (12, 5) | Rigid/Angular | 10 (6 mm working channel) | ns | AR/ST | | | | Rigid/Straight | 5 | 30° | |
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Leroy et al. [9] | Triport (10, 5, 5) | None | Rigid/Angular | 10 | 0° | AR/AR | Rigid/ns | 3 | 0° | |
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Ostrowitz et al. [13] | Triport (12, 8, 8) | 3 trocars (12, 8, 8) | ns/ns | 12 | ns | AR#/ns | Third case | Two first cases | | | | |
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TN: technical note; EM: endometriosis; DV: diverticulitis; ns: not specified.
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