Prognostic significance of socioeconomic deprivation in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy: A retrospective cohort study.
Shahab HajibandehAnastasia EfstathiouShahin HajibandehAhmad Al-SarirehHashim Al-SarirehHamza DuffaydarMichael StechmanRichard John EganWyn G LewisPublished in: World journal of surgery (2024)
Deprivation is an independent but modest predictor of OM after EL. The potential prognostic value of incorporating deprivation into preoperative risk assessment algorithms deserves further evaluation.