Single Port Laparoscopic Surgery: Concept and Controversies of New Technique

Publishing date

04 May 2012

Status

Published

Submission deadline

04 Nov 2011

Lead Editor

Boris Kirshtein¹

Guest Editors

Paul G. Curcillo² | Pascal Bucher³ | Eric M. Haas⁴ | Andre Chow⁵ | Paraskevas Paraskeva⁶

¹Department of Surgery, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer—Sheva, Israel

²Department of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, 219 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA

³Visceral Surgery, Geneva University Hospital, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland

⁴The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 7900 Fannin, Suite 2700, Houston, TX 77054, USA

⁵Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, St Mary's Hospital Campus, London, UK

⁶Academic Surgical Unit, Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, St Mary's Hospital Campus, Paddington, London, UK

Single Port Laparoscopic Surgery: Concept and Controversies of New Technique

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Laparoscopy has become a gold standard in performance of most of the surgical procedures. Single port laparoscopic surgery (SPLS) is a novel surgical technique that has come to forefront of minimally invasive surgery emerged as a natural progression of standard laparoscopy. Recent advantages in technology and instrumentation coupled with a mastery of laparoscopic surgery have led to incorporation of SPLS techniques in various fields of general surgery, urology, gynecology, and pediatric surgery. There has been no discussion about the technique's drawbacks. However, hypotheses about improved cosmesis, decreased postoperative pain, earlier return to work and patients' satisfaction are not confirmed. We are particularly interested in articles describing technical challenges and perspectives of SPLS, efficacy and development of devices, and investigation of results of surgical procedures using single port.

We invite investigators to contribute original research articles as well as review articles that will stimulate the continuing efforts to understand the advantages, disadvantages, and controversies of SPLS and the evaluation of its short- and long-term outcomes. We are particularly interested in articles describing surgical experience from new trials. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

Advantages and controversies of SPLS
Recent developments in instrumentation and devices using SPLS
SPLS technique, learning curve, and training
Using SPLS in general surgery (cholecystectomy, appendectomy, colectomy, hernia repair, morbid obesity, etc.)
SPLS in urology (nephrectomy, prostatectomy, adrenalectomy, etc.)
Advances of SPLS in gynecologic surgery (hysterectomy, oophorectomy, etc.)
Reasons of using SPLS in pediatric surgery
Comparison of SPLS to standard laparoscopic procedures, robotic surgery
SPLS in emergency surgery

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