Clinical Study

Single-Access Laparoscopic Rectal Surgery Is Technically Feasible

Table 4

Previous results in Single access rectal cancer surgery.

Author, yearPatient numberOperation Special Technique or InstrumentPort typeMean operative time (minutes)Staging Mean wound length Quirke’s mesorectal fascia grade

Hamzaoglu et al., 2011 [9]43 LAR
1 TAE
Suture-hung sigmoid with abdominal wallTriport3472 stage III 2 stage I3.5 cm3
Uematsu et al., 2011 [10]7LARSuspending bar and extracorporeal magnetSelf innovation2052, stage II 5 stage III3 cmNA
Hirano et al., 2012 [11]15ARNAEZ lap protector + 12 mm port2760 stage 0
3 stage I
3 stage II
7 stage III
2 stage IV
2.8 cmNA
Hua-Feng et al., 2012 [12]20APRStart from perineal resection phaseSelf-innovation138NANANA

LAR: low anterior resection, TAE: transabdominal anal excision, AR: anterior resection, APR: abdominoperineal resection.