Single-port laparoscopy is a technique in laparoscopic surgery in which the surgeon operates almost exclusively through a single entry point, typically the patient's navel, rather than through the several incisions used in traditional multi-port laparoscopy. Because it uses only one entry site, the technique leaves just a single small scar.
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The first described SPL procedure was a gallbladder removal in 1997
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