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Table 3 Technical characteristics

Technical characteristics
Ref.	Operation type	Single port device	Instruments	Liver retraction	Dissection device	Boogie	Suturing	Gas	Gas pressure
Buckley et al[30]	Nissen	SILS™	Conventional	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sukharamwala et al[17]	Nissen	SILS™	n/a	Pretzel Retractor	Monopolar or Ultrasonic dissectors	n/a	Endostich™ or V Lock™	n/a	n/a
Agaba et al[26]	Nissen	SILS™	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15mmHg
Galvani et al[24]	Nissen	n/a	n/a	CINCH™ retractor	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Wu et al[25]	Nissen	Conventional trocars in a single incision	Conventional	Cyanoacrylate glue	Harmonic™	n/a	Intracorporeal	n/a	n/a
Strzalka et al[31]	Nissen	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Yilmaz et al[22]	Nissen	SILS™	Conventional	Berk technique	Harmonic™	32Fr	Extracorporeal	CO2	13mmHg
Eyuboglu et al[20]	Nissen	Conventional trocars in a single incision or SILS™	n/a	Cerrahpasa retractor	Ligasure™ or Monopolar	n/a	Endostich™	n/a	n/a
Miyazaki et al[19] *	Nissen	Conventional trocars in a single incision or SILS™ or X-CONE™	n/a	Loop Retractor	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mizuno et al[21]**	Nissen	SILS™	ProSeed™ and Conventional	Loop Retractor	n/a	n/a	n/a	CO2	8mmHg
Barbaros et al[18]	Nissen	SILS™	Roticulating	Snowden Pencer™	Ligasure™	n/a	Endostich™	n/a	14mmHg
Dapri et al[23]	Nissen	Conventional trocars in a single incision	Dapri™ Karl Storz	Grasper	n/a	34Fr	Intracorporeal	n/a	n/a
Hawasli et al[12]	Nissen	Conventional trocars in a single incision	Roticulating	Veress	Sono-surg™	60FR	Endostich™	CO2	15mmHg
Hamzaoglu et al[11]	Nissen	SILS™	Roticulating	Instanbul Technique	Harmonic™	no	SILS™ STICH	n/a	n/a
Fukuda et al[14]	Heller and Dor	Conventional trocars in a single incision or SILS™ or EZ Access™	Conventional	Mini loop Retractor™ or Forceps	Harmonic™	n/a	n/a	CO2	n/a
Wu et al[25]	Heller and Dor	Conventional trocars in a single incision	Conventional	Cyanoacrylate glue	Harmonic™	n/a	Intracorporeal	n/a	n/a
Ross et al[32]	Heller and Dor	Conventional trocars in a single incision or SILS™ or Triport Plus™	Roticulating	Retractor	Bipolar or Ultrasonic dissectors	n/a	Intracorporeal or Endostich™	CO2	n/a
Yamada et al[28]	Heller and Dor	Wrapdisk™	Conventional	Silicon drain	Monopolar	n/a	n/a	CO2	8mmHg
Yano et al[29]	Heller and Dor	Conventional trocars in a single incision	n/a	Penrose drain	Monopolar	56Fr	Intracorporeal	CO2	12mmHg
Nakajima et al[27]	Heller and Dor	SILS™	Roticulating	Endo Close™	Monopolar or Enseal™	n/a	n/a	n/a	10mmHg
Sukharamwala et al[17]	Toupet	SILS™	n/a	Pretzel Retractor	Monopolar or Ultrasonic dissectors	n/a	Endostich™ or V Lock™	n/a	n/a

n/a: Not available.