Survival After Emergency Laparotomy in Octogenarians

Haukeland University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Complications; Surgery--Complications; Frailty; Abdomen, Acute

Treatments: Other: No intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04176432

REK 9526 (Other Identifier)

2017/610

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this single-center retrospective study we wanted to investigate mortality and postoperative complications after emergency laparotomy performed in patients aged 80 years or above.

Full description

Methods:

During 2015-2016 106 patients aged 80 years or above underwent emergency laparotomy at Haukeland University Hospital.

Primary outcome was mortality at 30 days. Secondary outcomes were mortality at 90 days, 1 year, postoperative complications and level of care at discharge.

The Medical records were reviewed in detail and mortality and postoperative morbidity were registered. Post-operative complications were defined according to the European Perioperative Clinical Outcome (EPCO) definitions and included if they were Clavien Dindo grade 2 or above.

Enrollment: 106 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 80+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• emergency laparotomy in patients 80 years or above

Exclusion criteria

• palliative surgery
• abdominal surgery other than gastrointestinal
• abdominal surgery without midline incision