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- Title
Comparison of a Flexible-tip Laparoscope with a Rigid Straight Laparoscope for Single-incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
- Authors
YOICHI MATSUI; HIRONORI RYOTA; TATSUMA SAKAGUCHI; KAZUYOSHI NAKATANI; HIDEYUKI MATSUSHIMA; SO YAMAKI; SATOSHI HIROOKA; TOMOHISA YAMAMOTO; A-HON KWON
- Abstract
This study assessed whether a flexible-tip laparoscope improves operative outcomes including operative length while performing single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) compared with the use of a conventional straight laparoscope. The flexible-tip laparoscope decreased the operative time compared with the straight laparoscope. Although SILC has potential benefits, surgeons experience problems for in-line viewing through a laparoscope and from contact of instruments with the laparoscope, resulting in longer operative times and the need for additional ports. The aim of this study was to determine whether a flexible-tip laparoscope improves operative outcomes, including operative length and the rate of insertion of additional ports, while performing SILC compared with the use of a conventional rigid straight laparoscope. We reviewed data on patients for whom we performed SILC at the Department of Surgery, Kansai Medical University, for the period from November 1, 2009, to February 28, 2013. The information was assessed with respect to patient characteristics, types of laparoscope used, operative data as well as postoperative outcomes. Operating time for SILC using the flexible-tip laparoscope was significantly shorter than with the straight laparoscope (81.5 ± 23.2 vs 94.4 ± 21.1 minutes) as a result of a better view of the operating field without contact with working instruments. Although a trend was shown toward a reduced rate of the need for extra ports in the flexible-tip laparoscope group, the difference did not reach statistical significance. Using the flexible-tip laparoscope solved the problem of in-line viewing and decreased the operative time for SILC.
- Subjects
CHOLECYSTECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; GALLBLADDER surgery; SURGERY; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
American Surgeon, 2014, Vol 80, Issue 12, p1245
- ISSN
0003-1348
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/000313481408001227