Fig. 1

Intraoperative layout from different surgical interventions. (A) and (B) Appendectomy; (C) Hemicolectomy; (D) Cholecystectomy. The thermometer probe (the blue probe protruding from one of the probes in each panel) is inserted in one of the unused 5 mm (A,B,D) trocars if available or in one of the 12 mm trocars (D).