Impact of surgical delay on outcomes in elderly patients undergoing emergency surgery: A single center experience

Table 1 Distribution of cases according to diagnosis (n = 144)

Indications	Patients, n (%)	Mortality1, n (%)	Morbidity2 (Clavien Dindo 3 and above)
Strangulated hernia
Inguinal	3 (2.0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Obturator	2 (1.4)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Periumbilical	1 (0.7)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Hollow viscus perforation
Esophagus	1 (0.7)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Gastric ulcer	39 (27.0)	5 (12.8)	7 (17.9)
Duodenal ulcer	13 (9.0)	0 (0)	3 (23)
Gallbladder	2 (1.4)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Small bowel	12 (8.3)	0 (0)	2 (16.7)
Colonic malignancy	8 (5.6)	3 (37.5)	3 (37.5)
Colonic diverticulitis	6 (4.2)	1 (16.7)	1 (16.7)
Appendix	37 (25.7)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Gangrenous viscu
Small bowel gangrene	10 (6.9)	4 (40)	4 (40)
Large bowel gangrene	3 (2.0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Empyema gallbladder	7 (4.8)	0 (0)	0 (0)

¹Overall mortality n = 13 (9%);

²Overall patients with severe morbidty (Clavien Dindo 3 and above) n = 20 (13.8%).