“…Hayashi et al first developed the surgical-glove port in Japan [ 11 ]. Many surgeons have used the surgical-glove device in endoscopic gastrointestinal surgery such as cholecystectomy, gastrectomy, and colectomy [ 3 , 13 , 14 ]. For this component, access is relatively simple and it can be used with standard laparoscopic surgery equipment.…”