European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Laparotomy, also known as celiotomy, is performed by making a large  incision in the abdomen to gain access to the peritoneal cavity.^[1]Following elective or emergency laparotomy, many patients develop complications which may require reexploration for the correction of these complications. Relaparotomy means repeat    laparotomy  after run through an abdominal operation of abdominal cavity which  is related to initial surgery .^[2] Relaparotomy can be classified as early or late, radical or palliative, planned or urgent  depending on time of repeat surgery , its goal and nature of urgency respectively.^[2]Relaprotomy predominately found higher in males. Co morbid diseases adds to complicated  first laparotomy and prolonged healing time  and recovery. There are many  Researches suggesting that the incidence rate of relaparotomy varies between 0.5 to 15% and incidence found higher in GI surgeries