Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) Academic Journal of Surgery 2423-3218 1 1-2 2015 10 05 25 32 EN Zhamak Khorgami Department of Surgery AND Research Center for Improvement of Surgical Outcomes and Procedures, Shariati Hospital,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Saeed Shoar Department of Surgery AND Research Center for Improvement of Surgical Outcomes and Procedures, Shariati Hospital,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Nasrin Shoar School of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran Delaram Shakoor Department of Surgery AND Research Center for Improvement of Surgical Outcomes and Procedures, Shariati Hospital,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Shirin Mahdavian Department of Surgery AND Research Center for Improvement of Surgical Outcomes and Procedures, Shariati Hospital,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Shirzad Nasiri Department of Surgery AND Research Center for Improvement of Surgical Outcomes and Procedures, Shariati Hospital,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Ahmadreza Soroush Department of Surgery AND Research Center for Improvement of Surgical Outcomes and Procedures, Shariati Hospital,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Ali Aminian Department of Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2015 10 05 2015 10 05 Despite huge advances in minimally invasive surgeries, efforts still continue for finding less invasive methods of surgery. Patients desire less postoperative pain as well as better cosmetic outcomes. This may be achieved by decreasing the number of laparoscopic ports in which all the surgical maneuvers are performed through a single incision. However, surgeons should be also equipped to act well while avoiding adverse events of the new practicing approach. Along with increasing trends in performing of single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) in routine practice, the number of assessing the pros and cons of this new modality is also on the rise. Although it has been claimed that SILS is able to make the dream of invisible laparoscopy true for patients and surgeons, consecutive studies regarding postoperative outcomes questioned the benefits of the new evolved technique. Subsequent meta-analysis also revealed equal outcomes for SILS in comparison to the standard laparoscopy. Our review aimed to outline the pros and cons of SILS. https://ajs.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ajs/article/view/2 https://ajs.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ajs/article/download/2/2