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Single Port Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy With the TriPort System: A Case Report

Department of Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts, john.romanelli{at}bhs.org

Lisa Mark, MD

Department of Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts

Philip A. Omotosho, MD

Department of Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts

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.

Key Words: laparoscopic cholecystectomy • single port surgery • TriPort system

Surgical Innovation, Vol. 15, No. 3, 223-228 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1553350608322700


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