Single-incision vs three-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Prospective randomized study

Table 1 Patients data and outcome

	SILC (n = 49)	TPLC (n = 53)	P value
Age (yr)	43.8 ± 14.0	45.2 ± 11.0	0.5493
Female	26	31	0.5810
WI (kg/m2)	24.3 ± 6.0	25.1 ± 5.0	0.4649
ASA	1.5 ± 0.2	1.6 ± 0.3	0.0676
Clinical diagnosis			0.7790
Cholecystolithiasis	32	36
Cystic polyps	17	17
Operation duration (min)	41.8 ± 17.0	38.5 ± 22.0	0.4222
EBL (mL)	14 ± 6.0	15 ± 4.0	0.2643
VAS (1–10)
8 h after surgery	2.0 ± 1.5	3.5 ± 1.6	0.0000
Day 7 after surgery	2.0 ± 1.3	2.5 ± 1.4	0.0651
Complications
Contusion at incision	5	4	0.7350
Hematoma at incision	2	1	0.6070
Hospital stay (d)	1.0 ± 0.5	1.0 ± 0.2	1.0000
Cosmetic score	8 ± 0.4	6 ± 0.2	0.0000
Total cost (RMB)	12 075 ± 1047	11 982 ± 1153	0.6715

ASA: American Society of Anesthesiology; SILC: Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy; TPLC: Three-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy; WI: Weight index; EBL: Estimated blood loss; VAS: Visual analog score; RMB: Renminbi yuan/Chinese yuan.