Introduction : Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) is relative safe. But it is difficult to proceed safely in all cases. There is concern about the bile duct injury. So the purpose of this study was to evaluate that SILC actually increases the bile duct injury

Methods : A total of 2080 cases were performed laparoscopic cholecystectomy between Mar. 2010 and Dec. 2016 at the Department of Surgery of Konyang University Hospital, Korea. We divided two group based on whether there was injury to the bile duct. (no injury group; n=2065, 99.3% vs. injury group; n=15, 0.7%)

Results : This study includes 2080 cases with 1015 male (48.8%) and 165 female (51.2%) patients. Age was significantly higher the injury group than no injury group (70.1 ?11.7 vs. 56.6 ?16.0, p=0.001). In patients whose age was over 80, there was no statistically different (p =0.074), but the injury group had a tendency to older. Operative time was significantly longer in the injury group (54.8 ?22.9 min vs. 88.3?1.7min, p

Conclusions : According to the our results, SILC does not actually involve bile duct injury in selected patients