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OBJECTIVE The rationale of the study was to depict the safest method of extracting gallbladder after laparoscopic cholecystectomy to decrease the frequency of wound infection. The objective of the study was to compare the frequency of port site wound infection after gallbladder removal with or without retrieval bag in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. METHODS The study design was Randomized Parallel group design conductedin the Department of Surgery, Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur. A total of 254 patients of both gender age range 25-60 years, diagnosed as a case of cholelithiasis by ultrasonography were included. Case sheet of patients were prepared for age, gender, duration of cholelithiasis, operating time and presence or absence of wound infection. RESULTS Mean age of patients was 40.77 ± 10.95 years. Out of 254 patients, 98 (38.58%) were males and 156 (61.42%) were females with male to female ratio of 1:2.5. Patients were divided in two groups A and B and the frequency of patients having port site wound infection in group A was 1(0.4%) whereas in group B was 14(5.5%). CONCLUSIONS This study concluded that the use of retrieval bag to remove gallbladder in laparoscopic cholecystectomy resulted in decreased frequency of port site wound infection. The insignificant association of port site wound infection with different age groups, gender categories and with duration of cholelithiasis was revealed. Moreover wound infection proved significantly associated with both categories with operating time.