Morbidity and mortality rates after emergency abdominal surgery: an analysis of 4346 patients scheduled for emergency laparotomy or laparoscopy

Emergency abdominal surgery results in a high rate of post-operative complications and death. There are limited data describing the emergency surgical population in details. We aimed to give a detailed analyses of complications and mortality in a consecutive group of patients undergoing acute abdominal surgery over a 4-year period. This observational study was conducted between 2009 and 2013 at Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Denmark. All...