Subhepatic drain has no role after uncomplicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A prospective randomized double blind study

Aim-Background Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard treatment of symptomatic cholelithiasis. Since the advent of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, there has been a dilemma regarding the role of drainage after surgery. Several studies in the past have compared drainage versus non-drainage in such cases. However, there has always been bias among the two groups during postoperative monitoring. The present study aimed to eliminate this bias and provide true randomization with the placement of sham drains in the control group cases.