Comparison of Post-operative Pain in Short Versus Long Stitch for Laparotomy Closure

The rectus sheath are cleaned off the subcutaneous fats. Short stitch technique uses smaller needle and suture material. The suture is placed nearer to each other as compared to our conventional long stitch technique. It has inter-suture distance of 5mm and 5mm distance from rectus edge. The suture will be started at one end and sutured continuous until the other end. Hence, this technique is applied without tension.

Long stitch uses a larger needle and suture material. The suture is placed 1cm from the linea alba and 1 cm from previous suture. This technique include mass closure sutures at the midline laparotomy