Single-Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy:  Is It a Plausible Alternative to the Traditional Four-Port Laparoscopic Approach?

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Port system</td><td align="center">Manufacturer</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">AnchorPort</td><td align="center">Surgiquest Inc (Orange, CT, USA)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">GelPOINT</td><td align="center">Applied Medical (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, USA)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">SILS Port</td><td align="center">Covidien (Norwalk, CT, USA)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">TriPort</td><td align="center">Advanced Surgical Concepts (Wicklow, Ireland)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Uni-X Single Port</td><td align="center">Pnavel Systems (Brooklyn, NY, USA)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Commercially available multiport systems. 

Minimally Invasive Surgery

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Table 1: Single-Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy:  Is It a Plausible Alternative to the Traditional Four-Port Laparoscopic Approach? 