Author, year Study type Total number of SPLS patients Disease (
, all SPLS patients) Subtotal colectomy IBD/ reconstruction Elective: emergency Final incision length (cm) Ileorectal anastomosis Additional trocars (
/cases) Conversion to open surgery Operative time (min) Mortality (
/cases) Morbidity (
/cases) Reoperations (
/cases) Hospital stay (
) Read missions (
/cases) Cahill et al., 2010 [28 ] CS 3 CD: 1 UC: 2 3/End ileostomy: 3 0 : 3 2.0 — 0/3 0/3 206§ 0/3 1/3 (ileus: 1) 1/3 5.3§ 0/3 Chambers et al., 2011 [19 ] CS 7 CD: 0 UC: 2 Carcinoma: 3 Diverticulitis: 1 Other: 1 1/End ileostomy: 1 n.s. 2.5 — 0/1 0/1 130 0/1 0/1 0/1 3 0/1 Fichera et al., 2011 [25 ] CS 10 CD: 0 UC: 10 10/End ileostomy: 10 n.s. n.s. (stoma site) — 0/10 0/10 139§ 0/10 n.s. n.s. 5.1§ n.s. Fichera et al., 2011 [37 ] CC 10 CD: 0 UC: 10 10/End ileostomy: 10 n.s. n.s. (stoma site) — 0/10 0/10 139§ 0/10 0/10 n.s. 5.1§ n.s. Gaujoux et al., 2011 [32 ] CS 13 CD: 3 Adenoma: 5 Diverticulitis: 3 Other: 2 1/End ileostomy: 1 n.s. 3.2# — 0/1 0/1 150 0/1 0/1 n.s. 6 n.s. Gaujoux et al., 2012 [11 ] CC 25 CD: 6 UC: 2 Carcinoma: 3 Adenoma: 8 Diverticulitis: 4 Other: 2 2/End ileostomy: 2 24 : 1* n.s. — 0/2 0/2 130#* 0/2 1/25* (acute urine retention) 0/2 6#* 0/2 Gash et al., 2011 [17 ] CS 20 CD: 4 UC: 3 Carcinoma: 8 Diverticulitis: 2 Other: 3 2/End ileostomy: 1 Ileo-rectal Anastomis: 1 2 : 0 n.s. transanal 0/2 0/2 120§ 0/2 5/20* (wound infection: 1, ileus: 2, anastomotic bleeding: 1, other: 1) 0/2 2§ 1720* Geisler and Garrett, 2011 [8 ] CS 102 CD: 14 UC: 51 Neoplasia: 23 Diverticulitis: 11 Other: 3 19/End ileostomy: 19 19 : 0 n.s. (stoma site) — 0/19 0/19 99* 0/19 39/102* (wound infection: 11, ileus: 12, pulmonary: 10, other: 6 0/19 5, 9* 0/19 Leblanc et al., 2011 [26 ] CS 4 CD: 1 UC: 1 2/End ileostomy: 2 2 : 0 n.s. (stoma site) — 0/2 0/2 162§ 0/2 1/4* (ileus: 1) 0/2 4.5* n.s. Stewart and Messaris, 2012 [27 ] CS 41 CD: 7 UC: 6 Carcinoma: 11 Adenoma: 4 Diverticultis: 10 Other: 3 6/End ileostomy: 6 29 : 12* n.s. (stoma site) — 0/6 1/6 155§* 0/6 7/35* (anastomotic leak: 1, intraabd. abscess: 1, other: 5) 0/6 4.2* 0/6 Van den Boezem and Sietses, 2011 [30 ] CS 50 CD: 0 UC: 4 Carcinoma: 31 Adenoma: 7 Diverticulitis: 8 4/End ileostomy: 2 Ileo-rectal anastomosis: 2 4 : 0 n.s. transanal 4/50* 0/4 130§* 0/4 10/50* (anastomotic leakage: 1, wound infections: 4, incisional hernia: 2, ileus: 2, other: 1) 0/4 6#* n.s. Vestweber et al., 2011 [20 ] CS 200 CD: 21 UC: 16 Diverticulitis: 120 Other: 43 10/End ileostomy: 10 10 : 0 n.s. — n.s.* n.s.* n.s.* 0/10 n.s.* n.s.§ 9* n.s. Champagne et al., 2012 [13 ] CC 165 CD: 26 UC: 13 Carcinoma: 64 Adenoma: 41 Diverticulitis: 15 Other: 6 8/End ileostomy: 8 n.s. n.s. (stoma site) — 14/165* n.s. 135*§ 1/165* 42/165* (wound infection: 7, ileus: 15, delayed thermal injury: 1, bleeding: 1, cardiovascular: 4, other: 15 2/165* 4.3*§ 8/165* Fichera and Zoccoli, 2012 [24 ] CS 9 UC: 9 9/End ileostomy: 9 n.s. n.s. (stoma site) — 0/9 0/9 142§ 0/9 0/9 0/9 5.2§ n.s.