Single incision surgery is know by a variety of names, including: Single-port access surgery, Single-access endoscopic surgery, or simply by its acronym SILS. Single incision surgery is a recently developed technique in laparoscopic surgery and it is most notable for being minimally invasive and requiring only a single incision through the belly button to accomplish any number of procedures, including appendectomy, hernia repair, adjustable gastric banding, hysterectomy, sleeve gastrectomy, and many others. For many years, large incisions were necessary to perform abdominal surgical…
