A Comparative Study of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy with or without Drainage

This prospective study evaluates the drainage of subhepatic space in patients undergoing simpleuncomplicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy.One hundred patients underwent cholecystectomy distributed randomly into, 54 without drains, 31with tube drains and 15 with corrugated drains. Comparison between these three groups was carriedout regarding post-operative respiratory complications, unexplained pyrexia, pain andhospitalization.One case of biliary fistula occurred in corrugated drain group treated conservatively. In theundrained group, wound infection and respiratory complications were the least. The post-operativepain was the mildest and the hospital stay was the shortest, whereas no difference in post-operativeunexplained pyrexia was found between these three groups.