Abstract
Background: Port site complications though rare, shall be evaluated and studied so as to improve the quality of healthcare.
 Materials and Methods: This prospective study was conducted in the Department of General Surgery, Sardar Patel Medical College & P.B.M. Hospital, Bikaner, Rajasthan. 200 patients of all age group and both sexes with symptomatic cholelithiasis undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
 Result: Out of 200 patients studied only 1 patient presented with port site hernia in the follow up and 13 patients presented with port site infection. No other complication was detected after laparoscopic cholecystectomies.
 Conclusion: It is concluded that port site complications are rare in elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy and can be further reduced by proper selection of patients, and strictly following basic principles of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
 Keywords: Laparoscopic surgeries, Port site infections, Complications
Highlights
Cholecystectomy is the most common operation of the biliary tract and the second most common operative procedure performed nowadays
Result: Out of 200 patients studied only 1 patient presented with port site hernia in the follow up and 13 patients presented with port site infection
It is concluded that port site complications are rare in elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy and can be further reduced by proper selection of patients, and strictly following basic principles of laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Summary
Cholecystectomy is the most common operation of the biliary tract and the second most common operative procedure performed nowadays. The mortality rate in laparoscopic cholecystectomy is reported to be 0.04% versus 0.4% and the overall complication rate 9% versus 16% as compared to open cholecystectomy 3. It is a safe and effective procedure and offers several benefits compared to the open procedure, it has its own set of complications that include those of laparoscopy (abdominal wall bleeding, omental bleeding, abdominal vessel injury, retroperitoneal vessel injury, gastrointestinal perforation, bladder perforation, solid visceral injury, and infection) and those of cholecystectomy (gallbladder fossa bleeding, bile duct injury, bile leakage, and infection). The incision site infection is divided in to superficial and deep infection. Superficial means only skin and subcutaneous tissue infection whereas deep means fascia and muscle involvement 4
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