Compared with 4-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy, single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy may be more stressful and physically demanding to surgeons, which could affect patient outcomes ...

Patients reported more satisfaction and a shorter duration of pain medication use when cholecystectomy was performed through a single umbilical incision.

3.1 Single‑incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy aims to remove the gallbladder through a single incision, which is usually made near the umbilicus. The claimed benefits of this procedure over ...

1.2 Single‑incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy is technically challenging and should only be carried out by experienced laparoscopic surgeons who have had specific training in the procedure.

Surgeons have removed a gallbladder through a unique operation requiring only a single incision in the bellybutton rather than the traditional four incisions in the abdomen. Melanie Willhite, a 28 ...

In 2008, surgeons developed single-incision laparoscopic surgery, an advancement that requires only one small keyhole incision in the abdomen rather than three to four small incisions (as required ...

A surgical team at Beaumont Hospital, Troy performed Michigan's first single-incision, robotic-assisted gallbladder removal surgery (laparoscopic cholecystectomy) on Wednesday, Feb. 22.