ASSESSMENT OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN EMERGENCY LAPAROTOMY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF POSSUM AND PORTSMOUTH-POSSUM SCORING SYSTEMS
Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of the Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the Enumeration of Mortality and Morbidity (POSSUM) and Portsmouth-POSSUM (P-POSSUM) for predicting postoperative morbidity and mortality following emergency laparotomy. Methodology: This prospective observational st...