Author/Authors :
Terra, Júverson Alves Department of Surgery - Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba-MG, Brazil , Terra, Guilherme Azevedo School of Medicine - UFTM, Uberaba-MG, Brazil , Borges, Marisa de Carvalho Department of Surgery - UFTM, Uberaba-MG, Brazil , Takeuti, Tharsus Dias Department of Surgery - UFTM, Uberaba-MG, Brazil , Castro, Luciana Garcia Pereira School of Medicine - UFTM, Uberaba-MG, Brazil , Lima, Simone Souza Sabin Laboratory, Brasilia-DF, Brazil , Fernandes, Luciane Fernanda Rodrigues Martinho Department of Physiotherapy - UFTM, Uberaba-MG, Brazil , Silva, Alex Augusto da Department of Surgery - UFTM, Uberaba-MG, Brazil , Crema, Eduardo Department of Surgery - UFTM, Uberaba-MG, Brazil
Abstract :
Purpose:
To evaluate postoperative pain in patients submitted to conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy with four ports versus single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy with only one port.
Methods:
Twenty-one patients were included in the conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy group and 19 other patients in the single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy group. A VAS was used for the assessment of postoperative pain at three time points. Differences were considered statistically significant when p<0.05.
Results:
Intergroup analysis showed no significant difference in VAS scores between the conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy and single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy groups at any of the time points studied.
Conclusion:
This study found no significant difference in postoperative pain between the two groups.
Keywords :
Cholelithiasis , Cholecystectomy , Laparoscopic , Pain
