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World J Gastrointest Surg. Jul 27, 2025; 17(7): 104261
Published online Jul 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i7.104261
Published online Jul 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i7.104261
Two-point lifting/retracting technology for transumbilical single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy based on the anatomical features of Calot's triangle
Li-Min Kang, Ying-Hong Zhao, Fa-Kun Yu, Fu-Wei Zhang, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Puer People’s Hospital, Puer 665000, Yunnan Province, China
Xin Kang, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510999, Guangdong Province, China
Co-corresponding authors: Li-Min Kang and Xin Kang.
Author contributions: Kang LM and Kang X contribute equally to this stud as co-corresponding authors; Kang LM, Zhao YH, Xu L, Yu FK, and Zhang FW completion of surgeries and collected the clinical data; Kang LM and Kang X analyzed the data and wrote the paper; all authors have read and approved the final version.
Institutional review board statement: The study was received and approval by the Institutional review board of Puer People's Hospital (Approval Number: 2023-001-05).
Informed consent statement: The informed consent was obtained from all patients.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author.
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Corresponding author: Li-Min Kang, MD, PhD, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Puer People’s Hospital, No. 44 Zhenxing Street, Puer 665000, Yunnan Province, China. kanglimin2010@163.com
Received: December 16, 2024
Revised: March 26, 2025
Accepted: May 21, 2025
Published online: July 27, 2025
Processing time: 220 Days and 6.1 Hours
Revised: March 26, 2025
Accepted: May 21, 2025
Published online: July 27, 2025
Processing time: 220 Days and 6.1 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Our team design a two-point lifting/retracting (TPLR) technique for transumbilical single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) based on the anatomical features of the Calot's triangle (or cystohepatic triangle). All the surgical procedures were conducted using standard laparoscopic instruments. Surgery was successful in 98 (95.14%) patients using the TPLR method, which effectively exposed the Calot's triangle during surgery. The TPLR technique is a simple, safe, feasible, and cost-effective method, and a promising approach for single-port LC.