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World J Gastrointest Endosc. May 16, 2015; 7(5): 540-546
Published online May 16, 2015. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v7.i5.540
Published online May 16, 2015. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v7.i5.540
Tripartite comparison of single-incision and conventional laparoscopy in cholecystectomy: A multicenter trial
Guo-Lin He, Ze-Sheng Jiang, Yuan Cheng, Chen-Jie Zhou, Hai-Yan Liu, Yi Gao, Ming-Xin Pan, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, Guangdong Province, China
Qing-Bo Lai, Zhi-Xiang Jian, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, Guangdong Province, China
Author contributions: Pan MX, Jian ZX designed research, contributed equally to this work; He GL, Jiang ZS, Cheng Y, Lai QB, Zhou CJ, Liu HY and Gao Y performed research; He GL, Zhou CJ and Cheng Y analyzed data; and He GL wrote the paper.
Supported by Hai Zhu district science and technology plans, GuangZhou, China, No. 2012-cg-26.
Ethics approval: The study was reviewed and approved by the Zhujiang Hospital Institutional Review Board.
Clinical trial registration: This study is registered at [http://www.zjyy.com.cn/]. The registration identification number is No.ZJYY-2013-GDEK-002.
Informed consent: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest: Ming-Xin Pan has received research funding from Hai Zhu district government, Guang Zhou, China; Guo-Lin He, Ze-Sheng Jiang, Yuan Cheng, Chen-Jie Zhou, Hai-Yan Liu, Yi Gao and Ming-Xin Pan are employees of Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University; Qing-Bo Lai and Zhi-Xiang Jian are employees of Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Southern Medical University.
Data sharing: No additional data are available.
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: Ming-Xin Pan, MD, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Number 253 Industry Road, Hai Zhu District, Guangzhou 510280, Guangdong Province, China. pmxyizjyy@126.com
Telephone: +86-20-62782560 Fax: +86-20-61643207
Received: December 15, 2014
Peer-review started: December 16, 2014
First decision: January 20, 2015
Revised: February 9, 2015
Accepted: April 1, 2015
Article in press: April 1, 2015
Published online: May 16, 2015
Peer-review started: December 16, 2014
First decision: January 20, 2015
Revised: February 9, 2015
Accepted: April 1, 2015
Article in press: April 1, 2015
Published online: May 16, 2015
Core Tip
Core tip: This is an article about single-incision laparoscopic surgery. It compares three methods in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The study concludes that the three-device and X-Cone methods are safe and feasible for single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Compared with conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy, single-incision laparoscopic surgery techniques have advantages in pain and cosmetic factors.