Affiliation:
1. Changi General Hospital, Singapore
2. Changi General Hospital
Abstract
Mortality in emergency laparotomy (EL) far exceeds that of elective bowel surgery, and standards for the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) in the UK were introduced due to the high mortality within 1 month of EL.1 In Singapore, 30-day mortality varies between 5.4% and 14.7% after EL.2,3 However, 30-day mortality in older patients has been reported to be as high as 31.5%.3
Publisher
Academy of Medicine, Singapore
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