Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde
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Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd · Jun 2009
Multicenter Study[Hospital mortality after emergency surgery for perforated diverticulitis].
To assess which factors predict in-hospital mortality after emergency surgery for acute perforated diverticulitis. ⋯ The type of surgery did not appear to be a risk factor for high postoperative mortality. As well as patient-related risk factors, including age, ASA and severity of disease scores, such as Hinchey score and MPI, the absence of a specialist gastrointestinal surgeon during surgery was found to be a factor associated with high mortality risk.