The impact of gallbladder retrieval from an epigastric vs. umbilical port on trocar-site complications A prospective randomized study.

CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study provide epigastric port retrieval in terms of plausible reasons including significantly lower postoperative pain scores in both short- and long-term and quite lower trocar site-related complications. Key words: Gallbladder disease, Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Port-site complications. PMID: 29051399 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29051399?dopt=Abstract

Source: Annali Italiani di Chirurgia - October 22, 2017 Category: Surgery Tags: Ann Ital Chir Source Type: research