Excision of port site (PSE) for patients having undergone laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is not a standard recommendation. We retrospectively evaluated a cohort of patients with isolated PSM without any prior cancer-directed therapy who were assessed for resection between March 2012 and July 2016 at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. Eleven of a total 13 patients underwent wide excision for PSM in the given time period. Upfront resection was undertaken in six patients while seven patients received neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) and two received neoadjuvant chemo radiotherapy (NACTRT) prior to attempted resection. With the median follow-up of 22 months, post PSM disease-free survival (DFS) was 20 months (95% CI 15-24 months) and overall survival (OS) was 37 months (95% CI 22-51 months). Careful selection along with an aggressive management strategy may be a step forward in the treatment of patients with isolated PSM.
Keywords: Gall bladder cancer (GBC); Palliative chemotherapy; Port site excision; Port site metastasis.