Barbaros Umut, Demirel Tugrul, Gozkun Osman, Serin Kursat, Bilge Orhan, Kalayci Murat, Sumer Aziz, Kilic Berkay, Loh Wei-Liang, Dinççag Ahmet, Seven Ridvan, Mercan Selcuk
Associate Professor of General Surgery, University of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Specialist of General Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Gaziantep Sehitkamil State Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Surg Technol Int. 2011 Dec;21:81-4.
Laparoscopy has gained a place in everyday surgical routine as an alternative surgical approach that decreases morbidity and postoperative hospitalization. Single port laparoscopic surgery has been introduced as a further development of laparoscopy. The feasibility and safety of single port laparoscopy is under extensive evaluation in specialized laparoscopic centers. Nevertheless, wide acceptance of the technique requires adequate documentation of the advantages of the approach over conventional laparoscopy and further refinement of surgical instrumentation to overcome intraoperative ergonomic problems.
