Review Article

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

Table 3

Techniques step by step of single incision laparoscopic right colectomy.

Study [ref]Bowel preparationExposureMesenteric dissectionVessels ligationProximal sectionDistal sectionAnastomosis

Remzi et al. [5]nsGraspingLateral to medialElectrothermalExtracorporealExtracorporealExtracorporeal
ScissorsStapledStapledStapled

Merchant and Lin [10]nsGraspingMedial to lateralStapledIntracorporealIntracorporealIntracorporeal
StapledStapledStapled

Bucher et al. [6]nsGraspingMedial to lateralKnottingnsnsExtracorporeal
Transparietal stitchesScissors/Hook/UltrasoundStapled

Rieger and Lam [12]None*GraspingLateral to medialElectrothermalnsnsExtracorporeal
ScissorsKnottingStapled

Ostrowitz et al. [13]nsGrasping#Medial to lateralElectrothermalExtracorporealExtracorporealExtracorporeal
Hook#StapledStapledStapled

-assistance; *Preoperative coloscopic marking of the tumor; ns: not specified.