Single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy vs standard laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A non-randomized, age-matched single center trial

Table 1 Patient characteristics

	SPL	SLC	P value
Gender (% female)	80	75	0.397
Age (mean, SD)	45 (15)	46 (15)	0.787
BMI (median, range)	25 (17-40)	28 (19-46)	< 0.001b
ASA (%)			0.239
I+II	98	96
III	1	2
Indication (%)			0.557
Symptomatic cholelithiasis	80	77
Cholecystitis	13	18
Biliary pancreatitis	3	1
Gallbladder polyp	3	4
Cyst gallbladder	1	0

^bStatistical significant. SPL: Single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy; SLC: Standard laparoscopic cholecystectomy; BMI: Body mass index; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists classification.

Table 2 Operation characteristics

	SPL	SLC	P value
Operating time in min (mean, SD)	46 (20)	62 (26)	< 0.001b
Peroperative complications (%)	3	5	0.417
Conversions (%)	1	0	0.331
Adding extra ports (%)	7	2	0.122

^bStatistical significant. SPL: Single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy; SLC: Standard laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Table 3 Number of postoperative complications

	SPL	SLC
Bile leakage	1	1
Surgical	0	1
Cardial	0	0
Pulmonairy	2	2
Urogenital	0	0
Pain	0	3
Other	0	2

SPL: Single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy; SLC: Standard laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Table 4 Postoperative characteristics

	SPL	SLC	P value
Complications (%)	3	9	0.071
IC admission (%)	0	0
Length of stay (in days, mean)	1	2	0.239
Readmission (%)	3	4	0.70
Mortality (%)	0	0

SPL: Single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy; SLC: Standard laparoscopic cholecystectomy.