Original Article

Nontraumatic Emergency Laparotomy: Surgical Principles Similar to Trauma Need to Be Adopted?

Objectives: In 2011, the Royal College of Surgeons published Emergency Surgery: Standards for Unscheduled Care in response to variable clinical outcomes for emergency surgery. The purpose of this study was to examine whether different treatment modalities would alter survival. Methods: All patients who underwent emergency laparotomy between April 2011 and…