ABSTRACT
This comparative study was conducted on 100 patients coming for follow up after laparoscopic cholecystectomy at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore. These patients were divided into two equal groups. In group A we stitched the linea alba and skin with monofilament polypropylene and in group B linea alba was not stitched and skin wound was closed with steri strips. In group A, two patients developed wound complications, one had wound infection and the other had bleeding from wound. In group B, four patients out of fifty in whom we did not stitch linea alba and skin, developed wound infection, and in 3 patients minor bleeding was seen from port site. No patients developed hernia at port site in both groups. Port site hernia is a rare complication after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. This clinical trial was carried out to see the prevalence of port site wound hernias after laparoscopic cholecystectomies