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
Brunner et al. [11]	ns	Grasping	Medial to lateral	Electrothermal	Extracorporeal	Intracorporeal	Intracorporeal
		Transparietal stitches	Electrothermal		ns	Stapled	Stapled
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
Rieger* and Lam [12]	None^#	Grasping	Lateral to medial	Electrothermal	ns	ns	Extracorporeal
			Scissors				Manual

^#Preoperativecoloscopic marking of the tumor; IL: intraluminal; *Left flexure colectomy; ns: not specified.