ABSTRACT
The objective of the study was to compare the frequency of infection in stoma site skin wound closure done by purse string suture and linear suturing techniques. Randomized control trial. Surgical Unit-I, Allied Hospital, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad. From 1st Jan, 2014 to 31st March, 2015 [15 Months]. Total number of sixty patients of both sexes with benign disease were included using non-probability consecutive sampling technique after approval from hospital ethics committee. All patients were admitted through OPD and a written informed consent was taken. They were divided into two groups [30 each]. The two techniques of ileostomy stoma wound closure used were linear closure and purse-string closure. Data was analyzed using SPSS v10. Chi-square test was used to compare the outcome [wound infection] in both groups. P-value less than 0.05 was taken as significant. Comparison of infection in stoma site skin wound closure done by purse string suture and linear suturing techniques was done which shows presence of infection in 36.67%[n=11] in Linear closure and 10%[n=3] in Purse-string closure group while remaining 63.33% [n=19] and 90%[n=27] respectively case had no infection, p value was calculated as 0.01 which shows a significant difference. The frequency of infection in stoma site skin wound closure done by purse-string suturing technique is significantly less than linear suturing technique