SILS and NOTES cholecystectomy: a tailored approach.

Background: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) and single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) have been proposed as different solutions to further minimize the invasiveness of laparoscopy. In this article, we present our experience with NOTES and SILS over the last few years, trying to focus on identifying which technique should be offered to which patients at the beginning of 2010.

Patients And Methods: Between January 2009 and January 2010, 100 patients were diagnosed with symptomatic cholelithiasis at our department.