Single incision laparoscopic surgery in general surgery: a review

@article{Greaves2011SingleIL,
  title={Single incision laparoscopic surgery in general surgery: a review},
  author={Nicholas Stuart Greaves and Josh Nicholson},
  journal={Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England},
  year={2011},
  volume={93 6},
  pages={
          437-40
        }
}

• Nicholas Stuart Greaves, Josh Nicholson
• Published 2011 in
  Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of…
• DOI:10.1308/003588411X590358

Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) is a rapidly developing field that may represent the future of laparoscopic surgery. The major advantage of SILS over standard laparoscopic surgery is in cosmesis, with surgery becoming essentially scarless if the incision is hidden within the umbilicus. Only one incision is required so the risk of potential complications like port site hernias, haematomas and wound infection is reduced. The trade-off for this is a technically more challenging… CONTINUE READING

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