COMPARISON OF PERITONEAL CLOSURE VERSUS NON-CLOSURE DURING CAESAREAN SECTION

Background: in modern obstetrics caesarean sections are commonly used and in all caesarean sections either peritoneal closure is done or not. this cases series was conducted to record outcomes in our setup.methods: cases of caesarean sections were followed for adhesions and non-adhesions in peritoneal closure and non-closure cases from 1't january to december 2011 at dhq hospital haripur. in non-peritoneal closure cases adhesions were marked. as compare to non-adhesions in peritoneal closure cases.results: sixty-five cases of peritoneal closure and 30 cases of non-peritoneal closure were followed up. there were more cases of adhesions in non-closure group (p<0.05).conclusion: peritoneal closure is beneficial in routine caesarean sections.