Improving Outcomes in Emergency Surgery for Bowel Obstruction
Implementing a multidisciplinary intraoperative model significantly reduced 30-day mortality in bowel obstruction surgery by favoring definitive over palliative procedures. The strategy also increased laparoscopic interventions and decreased stoma creations, indicating improved surgical outcomes.
Patients who needed emergency general surgery within 60 days of a pulmonary embolism had more major complications than those operated on later, in a national database study.
Among 3,785 patients who had emergency general surgery after acute pulmonary embolism, those operated on at least 60 days later had markedly fewer major adverse events (adjusted OR 0.45, 95% CI 0.37–0.55).
Appendix, Gallbladder and Surgical Emergencies3 Nov 2026