Table IThe relationship between the number of re-operations and mortality in intra-abdominal sepsis (from Christou et al. 1993)

No. of reoperationsnPlanned reoperationMortality (%)
0156027
1462543
215740
310630
45540
57757

From: Laparotomy for abdominal sepsis in the critically ill

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