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New Indian Journal of Surgery

Volume  11, Issue 2, April-June 2020, Pages 207-210
 

Original Article

A Study of Port Site Infection After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies at Tertiary Care Hospital in Western Rajasthan

Krishna Kumar Verma1, Sunder Kishore2, Manohar Lal Dawan3

1Resident, 2Assistant Professor, 3Professor & Head of Unit, Department of General Surgery, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan 334001, India.

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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/nijs.0976.4747.11220.20

Abstract

 

Background: Port site infection though rare, shall be evaluated and studied so as to improve the quality of healthcare. Materials and Methods: This prospective study was conducted in the Department of General Surgery, Sardar Patel Medical College & P.B.M. Hospital,
Bikaner, Rajasthan. 300 patients of all age group and both sexes with symptomatic cholelithiasis undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Result: Out of 300 patients studied only 12 patients presented with port site infection. Most common organism was enterobacter specius (25.00%), Staphylococcus auras spp (16.67%), Enterobacter spp.
(16.67%) and E. coli (8.33%). 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: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC); Port site infection; Micro-orgnism.


Corresponding Author : Sunder Kishore