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Single-Incision or Multiport Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

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This chapter reviews the current body of literature comparing multi-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy; specifically differences between complications, conversion rates, pain, cosmesis, quality of life, cost, and rate of hernia formation.

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Luo, B.R., Soper, N.J. (2016). Single-Incision or Multiport Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. In: Millis, J., Matthews, J. (eds) Difficult Decisions in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27365-5_19

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