A high rate of mortality in liver cirrhosis patients after emergency abdominal surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

In the elective setting, there are high mortality rates for patients with liver cirrhosis after surgery. Few studies focus on emergency surgery. This study investigates mortality and morbidity of patients with cirrhosis undergoing emergency abdominal surgery.

Methods

In a database established at two Copenhagen University Hospitals (Herlev and North Zealand), including all patients operated in an emergency setting (n = 1116), including all patients with known cirrhosis at time of surgery. Postoperative complications, and mortality rates were evaluated by a matched case-control method, matching cases and controls according to surgical procedure, age, sex and American Society of Anaesthesiologists-class (ASA). Medical and surgical complications were classified according

SUBMITTER: Skovsen AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11845415 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature