Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Intraoperative findings and predictors for length of hospital stay among elderly patients undergoing emergency exploratory laparotomy: a multi-centre prospective study
Authors' conclusion
Over one third of the study participants had a prolonged hospital stay.
Study context
- Population
- Elderly patients (≥ 65 years) undergoing emergency exploratory laparotomy at four Regional Referral Hospitals in Uganda77 survived
- Participants
- 86 patients
- Outcome
- Length of hospital stay (prolonged hospital stay)
- Follow-up
- Until discharge
Methodological detailsmulticentre
- Multicentre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Prolonged hospital stay
Prolonged hospital stay among survivors
35.1%
Median LOS
7 days
Mean LOS
8.57 days
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Predictors of prolonged hospital stay (multivariable modified Poisson regression)
- ASA class III and having a perforation associated with prolonged hospital stay
- P < 0.05 for all
Intraoperative findings (diagnosis)
- Intestinal obstruction
- 55.8%
- Gut perforation
- 30.2%
Original publication
Intraoperative findings and predictors for length of hospital stay among elderly patients undergoing emergency exploratory laparotomy: a multi-centre prospective study. Perioper Med (Lond). Published 21 November 2025. doi:10.
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