DOI: 10.21276/sasjs.2017.3.12.6

Pages: 324-329

To determine if instillation of local Bupivacaine into the umbilical port site before closure of laparoscopic port site wound, would decrease postoperative pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. And to determine if the patients would consequently require less rescue analgesia postoperatively. In this randomized double-blind placebocontrolled study with the parallel trial design which was carried out over a period of one year. Data was collected prospectively from consecutive patients of 18 to 65 years of age, of American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I and II, who are scheduled to undergo elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy, with a diagnosis of Chronic calculus Cholecystitis or Cholelithiasis between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2015. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the Hospital Authority of Nazareth hospital, Shillong.