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01-06-2010 | Letter

True single-port appendectomy: first experience with the “puppeteer technique”

Authors: Euan R. MacDonald, Irfan Ahmed

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 6/2010

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We read with interest the recently published report by Dr. Roberts describing a novel “puppeteer technique” for single-port appendectomy, which is an intriguing modification of conventional laparoscopic surgery. However we have performed single-port appendectomy using multichannel ports, an approach based on well-established laparoscopic principles that can be transferred easily to trainees. Our current experience includes 44 cases performed through a single umbilical incision using a three-channel flexible port. This allows insertion of a camera and two instruments through a 12-mm incision. …

MacDonald ER, Ahmed I (2009) Technical note: single-port laparoscopic appendicectomy. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 91:519–520PubMed

MacDonald ER, Ahmed I (2009) “Scarless” appendicectomy: a trainee operation? Presented to the association of surgeons in training (ASiT) annual meeting, 27–29 March 2009, Nottingham UK

Title: True single-port appendectomy: first experience with the “puppeteer technique”
Authors: Euan R. MacDonald
Irfan Ahmed
Publication date: 01-06-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Surgical Endoscopy / Issue 6/2010
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-009-0788-5

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