Descriptive study of all Danish patients undergoing emergency exploratory laparotomies in the period 2003-2014.
Conclusions: Emergency exploratory laparotomies are common high-risk procedures especially for the elderly population. These results can be used to focus on better postoperative care to reduce the mortality.
PMID: 31973622 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Toftlund SA, Gögenur I, Thygesen LC Tags: Scand J Public Health Source Type: research
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