Single port laparoscopic cholecystectomy with the TriPort system: a case report.

Abstract

Single port access surgery may be the next generation of minimally invasive surgery. This study reports a recent experience with the TriPort system (trademark pending, Advanced Surgical Concepts, Wicklow, Ireland) to perform a laparoscopic cholecystectomy via a single peri-umbilical incision. To the authors' knowledge, this is one of the first cases of single port laparoscopic cholecystectomy ever performed with this device in the United States. Randomized studies to compare single port laparoscopic cholecystectomy with traditional laparoscopic cholecystectomy, with specific regard to postoperative pain scores, would be helpful in determining how much additional benefit, if any, there is to the patient.

• Authors: John Robert Romanelli, Lisa Mark, Philip A Omotosho
• Journal: Surgical innovation (Surg Innov) Vol. 15 Issue 3 Pg. 223-8 (Sep 2008) ISSN: 1553-3506 [Print] United States
• PMID: 18757383 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic (instrumentation, methods, trends)
• Cholecystolithiasis (complications, surgery)
• Equipment Design
• Female
• Humans
• Pancreatitis (diagnosis, etiology)