<p>This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</p> <p>In an attempt to rationalize the use of intraperitoneal drainage of the subhepatic space after simple,
elective cholecystectomy, a prospective study was designed to compare the post-operative course with
and without drainage. There was a higher incidence of postoperative fever of unknown origin and
wound infection in the drained group. In the group without drainage the hospital postoperative stay was
shorter and there were no complications. The results suggest that routine surgical drainage after
uncomplicated cholecystectomy is unnecessary and could be a source of postoperative fever and a higher
incidence of wound infection.</p>
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HPB Surg. 1990; 3(1):5-10