Sasmal PK, Mishra TS, Rath S, Meher S, Mohapatra D. Port site infection in laparoscopic surgery: A review of its management. World J Clin Cases 2015; 3(10): 864-871 [PMID: 26488021 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v3.i10.864]
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Dr. Prakash K Sasmal, MS (Surgery), FNB (Min. Access Surgery), FAIS, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Room No. 402, 4th floor Academic Block, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751019, India. drpksasmal@gmail.com
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Surgery
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World J Clin Cases. Oct 16, 2015; 3(10): 864-871 Published online Oct 16, 2015. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v3.i10.864
Port site infection in laparoscopic surgery: A review of its management
Prakash K Sasmal, Tushar S Mishra, Satyajit Rath, Susanta Meher, Dipti Mohapatra
Prakash K Sasmal, Tushar S Mishra, Satyajit Rath, Susanta Meher, Department of Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751019, India
Dipti Mohapatra, Department of Physiology, IMS and SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751030, India
Author contributions: Sasmal PK prepared the manuscript; Mishra TS, Rath S, Meher S and Mohapatra D contributed to the collecting and critical reviewing of the articles; all the authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Authors declare no conflict of interests for this article.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Dr. Prakash K Sasmal, MS (Surgery), FNB (Min. Access Surgery), FAIS, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Room No. 402, 4th floor Academic Block, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751019, India. drpksasmal@gmail.com
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Received: April 28, 2015 Peer-review started: April 30, 2015 First decision: June 24, 2015 Revised: July 8, 2015 Accepted: July 24, 2015 Article in press: July 27, 2015 Published online: October 16, 2015 Processing time: 170 Days and 22.1 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Laparoscopic surgery has brought about a paradigm shift in the approach to various surgical diseases. Port site infection, although infrequent, is a complication which can undermine the benefits of the surgery. The complication is not life threatening, but definitely adds a lot to the morbidity, affects the postoperative quality of life, and spoils the aesthesis of the surgery. Leaving aside the bacterial causes, the rapidly emerging multidrug resistant atypical mycobacteria are a constant threat. By doing a thorough review of this topic, this paper aims to present the relevant literature regarding the diagnosis, currently available treatment options and commandments to prevent the occurrence of this somewhat preventable complication.
