Review Article

Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgeries for Colorectal Diseases: Early Experiences of a Novel Surgical Method

Table 5

Comparison of intraoperative parameters between single-incision laparoscopic colectomy and other minimally invasive surgeries.

AuthorStudy typeNo. of patientsIncision lengthOperative timeBlood lossConversion (%)
(groups)(cm)(min)(mL)

McNally et al. [19]No case matched27 versus 46
(SILC versus LAC)
NA114# versus 135#
( 𝑃 = 0 . 0 8 )
50# versus 50#
( 𝑃 = 0 . 2 1 )
0 versus 13.0
( 𝑃  = NA)

Ramos-Valadez et al. [22]Case matched20 versus 20
(SILC versus LAC)
3.3 versus 3.2
( 𝑃 < 0 . 7 0 )
159 versus 162
( 𝑃 < 0 . 8 0 )
58 versus 99
( P  <  0.007)
0 versus 0

Wolthuis et al. [24]Case matched14 versus 14
(SILC versus LAC)
5# versus 5#
( 𝑃 = 0 . 8 1 )
75# versus 83#
( 𝑃 = 0 . 3 1 )
0# versus 10#
( 𝑃 = 0 . 9 9 )
0 versus 0

Champagne et al. [27]Case matched29 versus 29
(SILC versus LAC)
3.8 versus 4.5
( 𝑃 = 0 . 0 9 8 )
134 versus 104
( P  =  0.0002)
NA17.2 versus 6.9
( 𝑃 = 0 . 1 1 )

Chen et al. [30]Case matched18 versus 21
(SILC versus LAC)
4# versus 4#
( 𝑃 = 0 . 5 2 )
175# versus 165#
( 𝑃 = 0 . 1 6 )
75# versus 50#
( 𝑃 = 0 . 6 7 )
16.7 versus 0
( 𝑃 = 0 . 0 5 2 )

Papaconstantinou et al. [31]Case matched29 versus 29 versus 29
(SILC versus LAC versus HALS)
4.5 versus 5.1 versus 7.1
( P <  0.05)
129 versus 128 versus 116
( 𝑃 = 0 . 2 7 )
60 versus 90 versus 71
( 𝑃 = 0 . 1 9 )
3.4 versus 13.8 versus 13.8
( 𝑃 = 0 . 2 0 )

Gandhi et al. [33]Case matched24 versus 24
(SILC versus HALS)
3.3 versus 6.6
( P  <  0.00001)
143 versus 113
( P  =  0.0004 )
63 versus 91
( 𝑃 = 0 . 0 6 )
12.5 versus 0
( 𝑃 = 0 . 0 8 3 )

Waters et al. [35]No case matched16 versus 27
(SILC versus LAC)
NA106 versus 100
( 𝑃 = 0 . 6 4 )
54 versus 90
( 𝑃 = 0 . 0 7 )
0 versus 0

Adair et al. [36]Case matched17 versus 17
(SILC versus LAC)
3.8 versus 5.1
(extraction port size)
139 versus 134
( 𝑃 = 0 . 6 1 )
NANA

NA: data not available, SILC: single-incision laparoscopic colectomy, LAC: multiport laparoscopic colectomy, HALS: hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (colectomy), #median value.