Comparison of Post operative port site pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy :umbilical versus epigastric port
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K829- Disease of gallbladder, unspecified
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
All adult patients (greater than 18 years), who are undergoing
elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy for benign GB diseases (symptomatic
gallstones, GB polyps)
Exclusion Criteria
1) Acute cholecystitis, emphysema GB, mucocele of GB,
2) Suspected/proven malignancy of GB,
3) Patients in whom laparoscopic cholecystectomy had to be converted in
open procedure,
4) Patients who were chronic users of analgesic medicines and steroids
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Post operative pain at both port sites(umbilical and epigastric) using a Visual Analogue Scale(1-10) <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Post operative pain at both port sites(umbilical and epigastric) using a Visual Analogue Scale(1-10) <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method difficulty in retrieval of gall bladder by the operating surgeon from the port using a Score (0-10, 0 being easy retrieval <br/ ><br>and 10 being very difficult retrieval)Timepoint: just after surgery (0 hr post surgery)