Outcome of Single Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (SILC) versus conventional four port Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Cholelithiasis - A Randomized control trial

Aim: to compare the outcome of sil (single incision laparoscopic) cholecystectomy versus conventional four-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy. methods: two hundred patients are included in this study fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria and arerandomly divided into two equal groups (100 in each). results: both the groups were comparable and there is statistically significant difference among them in terms of age,gender and co-morbids. from group a 85 patients were discharged from hospital on the same day of surgery while only 31 patients from group b went home on same day of surgery,the difference between two groups is statistically significant(p value 0.001). the mean pain score in patients of group a was 2.87±1.30 while in patients of group b was 5.16±2.31,which is statistically highly significant (p value 0.001). conclusion: single incision laparoscopic (sil) cholecystectomy has a better cosmetic profile as compared to conventional (four port) cholecystectomy. patients undergoing sil cholecystectomy have short hospital stay and less pain at the wound site.