• Jihad H Kaouk, Raj K Goel, George-Pascal Haber, Sebastien Crouzet, Mihir M Desai, and Inderbir S Gill.
• Section of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA. kaoukj@ccf.org
• Urology. 2008 Dec 1; 72 (6): 1190-3.

ObjectivesTo present the initial experience in laparoscopic radical prostatectomy performed exclusively through an umbilical incision using a single three-channel port and specially designed flexible laparoscopic instrumentation.MethodsSince November 26, 2007, we have performed single-port laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in 4 patients diagnosed with prostate cancer. Patients with early-stage prostate cancer (T1c), no previous pelvic surgery, and a body mass index ResultsAll cases were completed successfully, without conversion to a standard laparoscopic approach. The total operative time was 285 +/- 30 minutes, with a mean operative time for prostate excision and urethrovesical anastomosis of 3.25 hours and 1.1 hours, respectively. The mean blood loss was 288 +/- 131 mL, and no patient required a blood transfusion. The hospital stay was 2.5 +/- 0.6 days. The Foley catheter was removed 2 weeks (range 1-3) after surgery. No intraoperative complications occurred; however, 1 patient developed a rectourethral fistula that was noted 2 months after surgery. At 18 weeks of follow-up, 3 patients used 1 or 0 pads for continence daily, 2 patients had positive margins noted at the site of extracapsular extension, and all patients had an undetectable prostate-specific antigen level.ConclusionsSingle-port laparoscopic radical prostatectomy is feasible. Additional investigation is needed to evaluate the safety and oncologic adequacy of this new approach.

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