Laparoscopic surgery (LS) has gained popularity both amongst surgeon as well as patients. The appeal of LS is based on improved patient reported outcomes (PRO). The main PROs like post operative pain, hospital stay and ability to return to activity are better with LS. The improvement in PROs has been attributed to attenuated post operative inflammatory response. The post operative inflammatory response has been studied by the changes in various cytokine pathways. The cytokine response has been shown to be subdued after LS as compare to conventional surgery. This benefit of subdued cytokine response has been shown to translate into better PROs.