Laparoendoscopic Single Site (LESS) Versus Classic Video-Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Randomized Prospective Study

Single incision versus standard multiport laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Up-dated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

“…Data presented as in the original publications. 35 #Declared number of patients (intent-to-treat) per group was 45. Patients were excluded due to data incompleteness or procedure failure and were not considered regarding demographics.…”

Single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) vs. conventional multiport cholecystectomy: systematic review and meta-analysis

“…The literature search identified seven randomised controlled studies that met the inclusion criteria to undergo analysis in this study [6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Figure 1 shows the PRISMA flowchart for the literature search.…”

“…Postoperative complications were reported in seven studies [6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. There were 20 (10.26%) complications in the SILS group and 16 (8.89%) complications in the multiport laparoscopic cholecystectomy group.…”

Transumbilical single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy: long-term review from a single center

“…The advantages of better cosmetic outcomes have been revealed in SILC compared with TMLC during the shortterm follow-up [2,24,[29][30][31]. Younger patients may tend to demand SILC because of cosmetic concerns [32].…”