Background In this modern era of minimally invasive surgery, cosmesis and early recovery
are strongly emphasized. To reduce abdominal trauma and improve cosmesis, surgeons …

Materials and methods From December 2008 to August 2009, a total of 26 patients
consented for single incision laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis …

Background: We describe our initial experience performing a single-port (SP) advanced
laparoscopic appendectomy in comparison to the conventional port (CP) technique, which …

Introduction. Laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) has been performed in many approaches
such as open, laparoscopic and recently Single Port Access (SPAA). In order to elucidate its …

BACKGROUND: Three laparoscopic ports are traditionally required to complete a
laparoscopic appendectomy. We describe a novel, innovative two-port laparoscopic …

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and cosmetic results of a
novel technique, transumbilical single-incision laparoscopic appendectomy (TSILA), using a …

Background: Laparoscopic appendectomy is generally performed with the three-port system.
In this study, we performed a unique single-port laparoscopic appendectomy, which we refer …

Purpose Laparoscopic appendectomy usually needs 3 ports, 1 for the videoscope and 2 as
working channels. The aim of this study was to compare the feasibility and postoperative …

Background Emergency surgical procedures frequently must be performed at times when
availability of adequately trained personnel is problematic yet the requirements for …

Background Laparoscopic appendectomy is one of the most commonly performed minimally
invasive surgeries worldwide. In recent years, successful attempts to reduce the number of …