Comparison of Postoperative Pain After Gallbladder Retrieval From Umbilical and Epigastric Ports.
Comparison of Postoperative Pain After Gallbladder Retrieval From Umbilical and Epigastric Ports.
To know the association of postoperative pain after gallbladder removal from umbilical port
 site versus epigastric portsite, after four ports laparoscopic cholecystectomy,and the
 epigastric port site was found to be friendly for the patients in terms of less pain after
 gallbladder removal from this site after surgery.
Objective: To know the association of postoperative pain after gallbladder removal from
 umbilical port site versus epigastric port site, after four ports laparoscopic
 cholecystectomy.

 Randomized controlled trial was performed during 1-year period from January 2017 till January
 2018, at a private hospital setup. Both male and female patients, with age group 18 and
 above, in years, were considered, who were planned four ports laparoscopic cholecystectomy
 after typical cholelithiasis. Those patients with polyps , mucocele or empyema in gallbladder
 or perforated gallbladder requiring emergency surgery were omitted from the study. The
 patients were randomly selected, 65 in which gallbladder was removed from umbilical region
 (group A) and 65 from epigastric region (group B) respectively. Determination of
 postoperative pain was done on day one, at the time of release from the hospital and at
 follow-up time one-month post-surgery, with the help of Numerical Analogue Scale (NAS).
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  All healthy patients without cholecystitis

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Acute cholecystits, mucocoele, empyema, carcinoma, peritonitis, ASA 3 and 4