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Table 2 Case demography presented as pathology:

From: Mortality following emergency laparotomy: a Swedish cohort study

 

n (%)

All operations

710 (100%)

All Ileus

403 (56.7)

 Ileus-small intestine

334 (47.0)

 Ileus-colon

69 (9.7)

All intestinal perforations

217 (30.5)

 Perforated colon

60 (8.5)

 Perforated small intestine

80 (11.3)

 Gastric perforation

56 (7.9)

 Anastomosis leakage

21 (3.0)

Peritonitis

187 (26.3)

 Faecal peritonitis

57 (8.0)

 Purulent peritonitis

43 (6.1)

 Other peritonitis

87 (12.3)

Intestinal ischemia/gangrene

81 (11.4)

Intraabdominal bleeding

43 (6.1)

Trauma laparotomy

21 (3.0)

  1. This table is a presentation of the pathology that represent the underlying need for surgery among the 710 operations