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sri.sagepub.com 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 fro