J Minim Invasive Surg.
2015 Dec;18(4):93-97. 10.7602/jmis.2015.18.4.93.
Current Status of Single-port Colectomy in Korea
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Korea. hj@catholic.ac.kr
- KMID: 2132593
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.7602/jmis.2015.18.4.93
Abstract
- Single-port surgery is a minimally invasive surgery that uses a single incision for laparoscopic surgery instead of a conventional multiport. The procedure was introduced in the late 1990s after the development of single-ports and special instruments designed for single-port surgery. At first, simple procedures, such as appendectomy and cholecystectomy, were attempted. A single-port colectomy was first reported in 2008 and in Korea in 2010. Since then, many surgeons have performed single-port colectomy and reported it to be safe and compatible with conventional laparoscopic colectomy. Nowadays, a multicenter prospective randomized trial comparing single-port with conventional laparoscopic colectomy is ongoing in Korea. Many modifications from a single-port colectomy have also been tried, such as transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) and transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME). Now, it is the time to start research to determine the proper indications for these new procedures.
