Single incision laparoscopic surgery from a caribbean perspective

Conventional laparoscopy with multiple ports has recently gained a strong foothold in the Caribbean, but single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) has lagged behind. In this paper, we compare the data on SILS and conventional multi-port laparoscopy in the English-speaking Caribbean.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inInternational journal of surgery (London, England) Vol. 72; pp. 13 - 18
Main Authors Cawich, Shamir O., FaSiOen, Patrick, Singh, Yardesh, Francis, Wesley, Mohanty, Sanjib K., Naraynsingh, Vijay, Dapri, Giovanni
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2019
Subjects
Caribbean
Caribbean Region
Health Care Costs
Humans
Laparoscopy
Laparoscopy - economics
Laparoscopy - methods
SILS
Trinidad
Caribbean Region
Laparoscopy
SILS
Trinidad
Caribbean
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Conventional laparoscopy with multiple ports has recently gained a strong foothold in the Caribbean, but single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) has lagged behind. In this paper, we compare the data on SILS and conventional multi-port laparoscopy in the English-speaking Caribbean.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:1743-9191
1743-9159
DOI:10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.05.009