COMPARISON OF CONTINUOUS VERSUS INTERRUPTED-X SUTURING TECHNIQUE FOR CLOSURE OF RECTUS SHEATH IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING EMERGENCY LAPAROTOMY FOR HOLLOW VISCUS PERFORATION

THIS STUDY IS GOING TO COMPARE THE INCIDENCE OF BURST ABDOMEN IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING LAPAROTOMY WOUND CLOSURE IN CONTINUOUS VERSUS INTERRRUPTED-X MANNER

Inclusion Criteria:All patients of both genders with age greater than 18 years, undergoing emergency laparotomy through midline incision for hollow viscus perforation.ASA grade IIIExclusion Criteria:Patients who had undergone a previous laparotomy for any condition or had an incisional hernia or burst abdomen at presentation.Patients undergoing laparotomy with anterior abdominal wall injury in the form of muscle hematoma, disruption or abdominal wall laceration.