PAIN AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY: SINGLE PORT vs MULTI PORT

Abstract

The low applicability of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery has promoted the development of single port surgery, being the cholecystectomy one of the most performed procedure. Objective: Determine if the single port cholecystectomy generates less pain than conventional multiport surgery. Method: Prospective, controlled, non randomized study. Settings: Domingo Luciani Hospital, Caracas, Venezuela, between February 2010 and May 2012. Two groups were formed: Group A: Single port laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Group B: 4 port laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Analogic pain scale and analgesics consumed was registered in the first 7 days post-surgery. Results: 40 patents per group were included. There were no significant differences in any of the analyzed variables. Conclusions: Post-surgery pain is not less in single port than multiport cholecystectomy.