Outcome assessment of emergency laparotomies and associated factors in low resource setting. A case series

Conclusionand recommendation: The incidence of postoperative morbidity and mortality after emergency laparotomy were high. We recommend preoperative optimization, early surgical intervention, and involvement of senior professionals during operation in these risky surgical patients. Also, we recommend the use of WHO or equivalent Surgical Safety Checklist and establishment of perioperative patient care bundle including surgical ICU and radiology investigation modalities such as CT scan.
Source: Annals of Medicine and Surgery - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research