Chuang SH, Lin CS. Single-incision laparoscopic surgery for biliary tract disease. World J Gastroenterol 2016; 22(2): 736-747 [PMID: 26811621 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i2.736]
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Shu-Hung Chuang, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Hsin-Chu Branch, No. 690, Sec. 2, Guangfu Road, Hsin-Chu 30071, Taiwan. atreecsw@hotmail.com
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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 14, 2016; 22(2): 736-747 Published online Jan 14, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i2.736
Single-incision laparoscopic surgery for biliary tract disease
Shu-Hung Chuang, Chih-Sheng Lin
Shu-Hung Chuang, Department of Surgery, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsin-Chu 30071, Taiwan
Shu-Hung Chuang, Department of Healthcare Management, Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, Hsin-Chu 30015, Taiwan
Chih-Sheng Lin, Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu 30068, Taiwan
Author contributions: Chuang SH and Lin CS solely contributed to this paper.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors report no conflict of interest.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Shu-Hung Chuang, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Hsin-Chu Branch, No. 690, Sec. 2, Guangfu Road, Hsin-Chu 30071, Taiwan. atreecsw@hotmail.com
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Received: April 27, 2015 Peer-review started: May 4, 2015 First decision: August 31, 2015 Revised: September 19, 2015 Accepted: October 17, 2015 Article in press: October 20, 2015 Published online: January 14, 2016
Core Tip
Core tip: Single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) has been employed in various fields to minimize traumatic effects. Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) has been the most widely studied SILS approach to date. Hundreds of studies on SILC have failed to present conclusive results. Only a small number of studies on single-incision laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (SILCBDE) and single-incision laparoscopic hepaticojejunostomy (SILH) have been published. This paper serves as an updated review of SILC approaches and as the only existing review on SILCBDE and SILH. Our findings underscore the safety and efficacy of SILC, SILCBDE, and SILH and potential benefits and disadvantages of these methods in relation to conventional multi-incision laparoscopic surgery approaches.
