A STUDY OF PORT SITE INFECTION AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY | Zendy

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A STUDY OF PORT SITE INFECTION AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Author(s) -

Mahesh Joshi,

Prama Dubey

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

international journal of medical and biomedical studies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2589-8698

pISSN - 2589-868X

DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v5i3.1820

Subject(s) - laparoscopic cholecystectomy , port (circuit theory) , medicine , cholecystectomy , general surgery , surgical site infection , surgery , electrical engineering , engineering

Background: Port site infections though rare, shall be evaluated and studied so as to improve the quality of healthcare. Materials and Methods: This prospective study was conducted on100 patients of all age group and both sexes with symptomatic cholelithiasis undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were analysed for port site infection. Result: Out of 100 patients studied only 3 patients presented with port site infection. Conclusion: It is concluded that port site infection 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: Port site infection, laparoscopic, Cholecystectomy

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