Review Article
Single Incision Laparoscopic Colectomy: Technical Aspects, Feasibility, and Expected Benefits
Table 4
Techniques step by step of single incision laparoscopic sigmoid and left colectomies.
| Study [ref] | Bowel preparation | Exposure | Mesenteric dissection | Vessels ligation | Proximal section | Distal section | Anastomosis |
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Brunner et al. [11] | ns | Grasping | Medial to lateral | Electrothermal | Extracorporeal | Intracorporeal | Intracorporeal | | Transparietal stitches | Electrothermal | | ns | Stapled | Stapled |
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Bucher et al. [7, 8] | ns# | Grasping | Medial to lateral | Electrothermal | ns | Intracorporeal | Intracorporeal | | Transparietal stitches | Scissors/Hook | | | Stapled | Stapled |
| | fiber-free diet | Grasping | Lateral to medial | Electrothermal | Intracorporeal | Intracorporeal | Intracorporeal | Leroy et al. [9] | PEG | Sigmoidoscopy | Electrothermal | | Stapled | Stapled | Stapled | | enema per ano | IL magnetic anvil | | | | | |
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Rieger* and Lam [12] | None# | Grasping | Lateral to medial | Electrothermal | ns | ns | Extracorporeal | | | Scissors | | | | Manual |
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coloscopic marking of the tumor; IL: intraluminal; *Left flexure colectomy; ns: not specified.
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