The road to reduced port surgery: from single big incisions to single small incisions, and beyond

World J Surg. 2011 Jul;35(7):1526-31. doi: 10.1007/s00268-011-1099-2.

Abstract

Single-port surgery has seen almost as rapid an application as multiport laparoscopy during the early 1990s. Hopefully, we will learn from our predecessors to apply the dictums of safety and science as we move forward with this new technique to ensure adequate adoption and successful outcomes with limited errors and concerns along the way.

MeSH terms

  • Forecasting
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopes
  • Laparoscopy / methods*
  • Laparoscopy / trends
  • Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery