Single-incision bariatric surgery: advantages and challenges

doi:10.16139/j.1007-9610.2025.03.04

Abstract

Abstract:

Single-incision bariatric surgery, as a significant advancement in minimally invasive surgery, achieves weight loss goals through a single small incision, offering advantages such as minimal trauma, concealed scarring, and rapid postoperative recovery. The single-incision laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SILSG) currently represents the most widely performed single-incision bariatric procedure globally, demonstrating weight loss efficacy and complication rates comparable to traditional multi-incision laparoscopy alongside significantly higher patient satisfaction. However, the clinical adoption of single-incision bariatric surgery still faces technical challenges with relative scarcity in robust clinical research evidence and underdeveloped standardized surgical protocols and training systems. To further establish a specialized training system and expert consensus for single-incision bariatric surgery that aligns with China's national conditions is of great significance for promoting the standardized implementation of SILSG-represented procedures.

Key words: Bariatric surgery, Single-incision surgery, Minimally invasive surgery, Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy(LSG)

CLC Number:

DONG Wenpei, YANG Jianjun, GU Yan. Single-incision bariatric surgery: advantages and challenges[J]. Journal of Surgery Concepts & Practice, 2025, 30(03): 202-206.

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