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Laparoscopic gastrectomy is being accepted as a safe and feasible surgical procedure for benign gastric disease because of its better postoperative outcomes. Laparo-scopic surgery typically uses 3 or 4 ports for gastric pro-cedure, with more potential morbidity from port-site bleeding, hernia, and infection. In recent years, laparo-scopic surgery has become even less invasive with the introduction of transumbilical single-incision surgery because of its cosmetic advantage. In our experience, single-incision laparoscopic sur-gery (SILS) is well suited for the treatment of gastrointes-tinal stromal tumors (GISTs). This is mainly because of the large volume and the fairly mobile nature of stomach. When the greater and lesser curvatures are freed from surrounding attachments, the lesion can be quickly an