Open AccessA STUDY OF PORT SITE INFECTION AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY
Author(s) -
M. 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