Open AccessEmergency laparotomy in octogenarians: A 5-year study of morbidity and mortality
Author(s) -
Gemma Green,
Irshad Shaikh,
Roland Fernandes,
Henk Wegstapel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-9366
DOI - 10.4240/wjgs.v5.i7.216
Subject(s) - medicine , laparotomy , surgery , abdomen , mortality rate , sepsis , bowel resection , peritonitis , general surgery
To determine the morbidity and mortality associated with emergency laparotomy for a clinically acute abdomen in patients aged ≥ 80 years.