DOI: 10.21276/sasjs.2019.5.1.8

Pages: 34-35

Minimally invasive surgery especially laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the gold standard procedure for removal of gall bladder now a day. It offers advantage of rapid postoperative recovery, less pain short hospital stay and early return to normal life style. Till now no surgical procedure are 100% devoid of complication.so these laparoscopic cholecystectomy are also associated with many complication like assess related such as major vascular injury, bowel injury, pneumoperitoneum related, SSI such as port site infection. The main aim of this study was to assess the port site infection and its management.100 patients undergoing lap cholecystectomy was included in this study. All of them were given prophylactic antibiotics before the surgery and the surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia. It was found that 5.8% patient had port site infection. The most common site was umbilical port with 56.2%cases followed by epigastric 34%.Finally it is recommended to follow proper sterilization technique to minimise port site infection