Foundation

an ideal technique has not been established yet to allow laparotomic closure to guarantee the reduction of complications.

Objective

to compare the results of abdominal wall closure using internal subtotal points and total points in patients operated on for colorectal cancer.

Methods

a descriptive, prospective and cross-sectional study was carried out at the Dr. Enrique Cabrera General Teaching Hospital, from 2019 to 2021, with 80 patients operated on for colorectal cancer. The Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test and the Mann-Whitney U test, among others, were used.

Results

the tumor was located in the sigmoid colon in 35% of patients with total suture closure; and in 31.7% of the group with closure by subtotal points. Surgery was urgent in 80% of the group with total stitch closure; and elective in 75% of the closing cases with subtotal points. The incision was median supra and infraumbilical in 70% of the patients in the group with total suture closure; and xiphopubic in 66.7% of those at closure with subtotal points. There were medians of 3 ± 2 and 1 ± 0 complications for closure with total stitches and closure with subtotal stitches, respectively. Median hospital stay was longer in the total stitch closure group (8 ± 6 days).

Conclusions

in the patients where internal subtotal sutures were applied for abdominal wall closure, the results were better than in the group where total sutures were used.

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