Dear sir,

Follwing are answers for comments [1] on out published article in Journal of Minimal Access Surgery. [2]

How was the gall bladder extracted? Was an extraction bag used?

All the infecteg gall bladders were retrieved by using an endo bag.

The role of analysis by SPSS version 10 has not been further elucidated anywhere in the text. What variable was being assessed?

The demographic details and various other variables like hospital stay,duration of surgery etc are all alnalysed on SPSS.

In the exclusion criteria did the authors exclude patients with bleeding disorders?

Fortunately none of the study subject had derainged coagulation profile otherwise it must have been corrected before ...