Single-Incision Laparoscopic Appendectomy with a Low-Cost Technique and Surgical-Glove Port: "How To Do It" with Comparison of the Outcomes and Costs in a Consecutive Single-Operator Series of 45 Cases

J Am Coll Surg. 2016 Mar;222(3):e15-30. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.11.019. Epub 2015 Nov 24.
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Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Appendectomy / economics
  • Appendectomy / instrumentation
  • Appendectomy / methods*
  • Appendicitis / economics
  • Appendicitis / surgery*
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis*
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gloves, Surgical
  • Hospital Costs / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Laparoscopy / economics
  • Laparoscopy / instrumentation
  • Laparoscopy / methods*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult