Analogies between medusa and single port surgery in gastroenterology and hepatology: A review

Table 1 Numbers of single port procedures performed at the Surgical Department of the Saint John of God Hospital, Salzburg, Austria (from September 2008 - April 2021)

SPS Procedures	Procedural numbers	Specific surgical methods
Cholecystectomies	2216	Including intraoperative ERCPs/Cholangiographies
Inguinal hernia repairs	1850	TAPP/TEP
Appendectomies	903
Colorectal resections	798	TME/APR/ ta TME
Liver resections	106	Minor/Major hepatectomies
Small bowel resections	90
Gastric resections	49	Oncologic surgery: Gastrectomy with D1 Lymphadenectomy, Partial gastric resections, Transgastric resections, Metabolic surgery: Sleeve gastrectomies, RY-gastric bypass, Omega-loop bypass
Pancreas resections	29	Distal pancreas resections, Enucleations
Adrenalectomies	25	Trans-/retroperitoneoscopic approach
Fundoplications	21	Nissen/Toupet reconstructions
Other procedures	256	Abdominal wall reconstructions, Adhesiolysis, Nephrectomies, Lymphadenectomies, Splenectomies, Intraabdominal foreign body removals, Adnexectomies, Hysterectomies, Cyst unroovings, Diagnostic laparoscopies, Ligamentum arcuatum resections, Abscess evacuation, Necrosectomies, Neurectomy
Total	6343

ERCPs: Endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatographies; SPS: Single port surgery; TAPP: Transabdominal preperitoneal hernia repair; TEP: Totally extraperitoneal hernia repair; TME: Total mesorectal rectal excision; APR: Abdominoperineal rectal resection; taTME: Transanal total mesorectal rectal excision.