Han JH, You YK, Choi HJ, Hong TH, Kim DG. Clinical advantages of single port laparoscopic hepatectomy. World J Gastroenterol 2018; 24(3): 379-386 [PMID: 29391760 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i3.379]
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Young Kyoung You, MD, PhD, Division of Hepatobiliary-Pancreas Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222, Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul 06591, South Korea. yky602@catholic.ac.kr
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Retrospective Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 21, 2018; 24(3): 379-386 Published online Jan 21, 2018. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i3.379
Clinical advantages of single port laparoscopic hepatectomy
Jae Hyun Han, Young Kyoung You, Ho Joong Choi, Tae Ho Hong, Dong Goo Kim
Jae Hyun Han, Young Kyoung You, Ho Joong Choi, Tae Ho Hong, Dong Goo Kim, Division of Hepatobiliary-Pancreas Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, South Korea
Author contributions: Han JH collected and analyzed the data, and drafted the manuscript; You YK designed and supervised the study; Choi HJ, Hong TH and Kim DG offered the technical and statistical support; all authors have read and approved the final version to be published.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the Catholic University Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent statement: Informed consent is exempted in the case of retrospective study in our institution.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There are no conflicts of interest to be disclosed.
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: Young Kyoung You, MD, PhD, Division of Hepatobiliary-Pancreas Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222, Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul 06591, South Korea. yky602@catholic.ac.kr
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Received: October 10, 2017 Peer-review started: October 10, 2017 First decision: October 30, 2017 Revised: November 9, 2017 Accepted: November 27, 2017 Article in press: November 27, 2017 Published online: January 21, 2018 Processing time: 102 Days and 3.5 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: The progress on the laparoscopic technique has led to single-port laparoscopic surgery as a feasible modality in several abdominal surgeries. However, in the field of liver surgery, single-port surgery have been reported sporadically because of its technical difficulties. In this study, we evaluated the feasibility of single-port laparoscopic hepatectomy (SPLH) compared to multi-port laparoscopic hepatectomy (MPLH). The present study showed that SPLH is not inferior to MPLH in terms of surgical and oncological results. Furthermore, left liver surgery, such as left lateral sectionectomy and left hepatectomy, is possible through single-port without any significant deterioration in results if it is performed by an experienced surgeon.
