Sakata and workers also believed that advantages conferred by 3D visualisation has been underreported and undermined by flawed study designs and utilised mostly earlier generation of 3D stereoscopes that has since been phased out, therefore undermining the clinical potential of 3D laparoscopy.17 Experience with utilisation of 3D visualisation in performing LC is still in its infancy and to the authors' knowledge, there have been no unfavourable results reported with the use of 3D visualisation for laparoscopic surgery. Data on direct comparison of 2D against 3D LC is still scarce; there are only three such studies and all demonstrated superiority of 3D over 2D visualisation in LC. These studies, though originating from tertiary institutions, are hampered by the limited numbers of patients operated using 3D visualisation (n = 8, 15 & 40 respectively).11,18,19 The third study,19 reported advantages of 3D visualisation conferred to junior surgeons in terms of reducing operative time, better depth perception and reduced subjective visual strain. The authors however did not extrapolate any potential benefits on patients' well-being in correlation to their reported benefits and neither did they explore any potential benefits in reducing operative complications.