Research Article

A Study of the Safety and Morbidity Profile of Closed versus Open Technique of Laparoscopic Primary Peritoneal Access Port in Patients Undergoing Routine Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Northeastern India

Table 4

Port site complications.

ComplicationsGroup A (closed/Veress needle) (n = 200)Group B (open/Hasson’s) (n = 200) value

Port site hematoma050.0609
Port site SSI090.0036
Port site hernia00

SSI, surgical site infection; NB, port site SSI managed with wound care and antibiotics.