Table 1.

Case series of single-incision laparoscopic surgery bariatric surgery reported in the literature

Procedures	Author	Case	Route	BMI (mean)	Surgical time (mean)	Conversion /adding trocar	Complication
Gastric Band	Teixeira et al.	22	Transumbilical / multiple trocars	42	84	1 (4.4%)	0
	Huang et al.	3	Transumbilical / multiple trocars	38.1	62	0	0
	Saber et al.	8	Transumbilical / multiple trocars	38.9	105	1 (12.5)	0
	Keidar et al.	10	Transabdominal / multiple trocars	40.9	60	10(100%) Nathanson liver retractor	0
	Tacchino et al.	3	Transumbilical / single port	40.6	101	0	0
Total/Mean		46		40.87	82.1	12/46 (46.15%)	0
Sleeve gastrectomy	Saber et al.	7	Transumbilical / multiple trocars	49.3	143	1 (14.3%)	0
	Huang et al.	6	Transumbilical / multiple trocars	38.9	65.3	0	0
	Saber et al.	6	Transumbilical and Transabdominal / single port	52.8	123	3/6 (50%)	0
	Gentileschi et al.	8	Transumbilical /single port	56.2	128	0	1/8 (12.5%) Wound infection
Total/Mean		27		49.81	116.8	4/27 (14.81%)	0
Gastric bypass	Huang et al.	25	Transabdominal / multiple trocars	41.98	99.8	0	0
	Tacchino et al.	16	Transumbilical / single port	43.5	<120	0	0
Total/Mean		41		42.57	107.6	0	0