Why the study?
Does surgery performed by a specialist UGI surgeon improve clinical outcomes in patients undergoing major emergency gastric surgery?
Population
63 patients who underwent laparotomy within 12 hours of referral to the surgical service for bleeding…
Comparison
Surgery performed by a specialist upper… vs Surgery performed by a non-specialist general…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
in-patient
Authors
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May support specialist UGI involvement in emergency gastric surgery; leaves open need for prospective confirmation.
Does surgery performed by a specialist UGI surgeon improve clinical outcomes in patients undergoing major emergency gastric surgery?
Major emergency gastric surgery has significantly better clinical outcomes when performed by a specialist UGI surgeon.
Khan et al. (2015) studied this question.
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