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World J Gastrointest Surg. Oct 27, 2026; 18(10): 122972
Published online Oct 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.122972
Published online Oct 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.122972
Single-incision laparoscopic surgery for blunt abdominal trauma: A single-institution experience at a level I trauma centre
Hancheol Jo, Dong Hun Kim, Department of Trauma Surgery, Trauma Center, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan-si 31116, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
Jung Wook Suh, Department of Surgery, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan-si 31116, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
Author contributions: Jo H was responsible for data curation, formal analysis, writing - original draft; Kim DH was responsible data curation, supervision, resources; Suh JW was responsible conceptualization, methodology, supervision, writing - review & editing; and all authors read and approved the final manuscript.
AI contribution statement: The authors used Gemini (Google LLC, Mountain View, CA, United States), an artificial intelligence language model, solely for the purpose of improving the grammatical naturalness, clarity, and readability of the English text of the manuscript. The tool was utilized strictly for linguistic refinement, and all scientific content, interpretation, and final writing were entirely developed and verified by the authors.
Supported by the Bio & Medical Technology Development Program of the National Research Foundation, No. RS-2023-00220408.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Dankook University Hospital Institutional Review Board (Approval No. 2025-11-008).
Informed consent statement: The requirement for informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board due to the retrospective nature of this study.
Conflict-of-interest statement: An abstract version of this article was presented at the 77th Annual Congress of the Korean Surgical Society. The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
Data sharing statement: Technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset are available from the corresponding author at jickgack@gmail.com.
Corresponding author: Jung Wook Suh, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Dankook University Hospital, 201 Manghyang-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si 31116, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea. jickgack@gmail.com
Received: May 6, 2026
Revised: June 10, 2026
Accepted: June 23, 2026
Published online: October 27, 2026
Processing time: 162 Days and 1.7 Hours
Revised: June 10, 2026
Accepted: June 23, 2026
Published online: October 27, 2026
Processing time: 162 Days and 1.7 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This study presents the first case series evaluating single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) for blunt abdominal trauma. In seven hemodynamically stable patients with small-bowel injuries, SILS enabled both diagnostic exploration and therapeutic management without missed injuries, major complications, or mortality. Although limited by its retrospective design and small sample size, SILS may represent a feasible minimally invasive option in carefully selected trauma patients, with the flexibility to convert to conventional multiport laparoscopy when necessary.