Single-incision videolaparoscopic appendectomy with conventional videolaparoscopy equipment.

Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency in daily practice, and is approached laparoscopically in many centers. Efforts have been undertaken for the development of minimally invasive techniques that reduce tissue trauma and offer improved cosmetic results, one of such being the single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS).

Aim: To present a minimally invasive technique for appendectomy (SILS) undertaken with conventional instruments.

[Laparoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy for the treatment of advanced megaesophagus. An analysis of 60 cases].

Objectives: We studied and demonstrated that the technique of subtotal esophagectomy, through laparoscopic and transmediastinal access, in order to prepare the stomach, to dissect the abdominal and thoracic esophagus, and to perform a left cervicotomy for esophageal removal and to proceed with an esophagogastric anastomosis is a good choice and it is a safe method for advanced megaesophagus treatment.

Methods: Sixty transhiatal esophagectomies by laparoscopy were performed between September 1996 and December 2006, with preservation of the vagus nerve in the last ten cases. The mean age of the patients was 56.