Background
hernia, fascial dehiscence
CAVITY, SURGICAL SITE INFECTION
Although the minimally invasive approach to the abdominal cavity is becoming increasingly common, midline laparotomy is frequently applied in the emergency setting due to the high accessibility and speed [After elective surgery, the incidence of early fascial dehiscence (burst abdomen) ranges from 0.4 to 3.5%, depending upon the type of surgery performed [While surgical site infection prevention and respecting anatomical structures during abdominal wall closure are widely approved concepts, various different wall closure techniques are applied [Numerous randomized controlled trials (RCTs) [We therefore conducted an RCT to compare the two most established strategies for abdominal wall closure—continuous and interrupted—to determine an advantage of either strategy regarding the development of burst abdomen within 30 days or incisional hernia after one year.