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ArticleWorld journal of emergency surgery : WJES2025

Uncharted factors in emergency laparotomy outcomes: a call for holistic assessment.

Jingxian Wang, Wei Zhu, Ping Song, Peiyang Zhou, Peng An

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Article in World journal of emergency surgery : WJES, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jingxian Wang *Department of Emergency Surgery,Radiology,Xiangyang No.1 People's Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang, 441000, China.
Wei Zhu *Department of Emergency Surgery,Radiology,Xiangyang No.1 People's Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang, 441000, China.
Ping Song *Department of Emergency Surgery,Radiology,Xiangyang No.1 People's Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang, 441000, China.
Peiyang ZhouDepartment of Emergency Surgery,Radiology,Xiangyang No.1 People's Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang, 441000, China. xyyyy2001@126.com.
Peng AnDepartment of Epidemiology, Neurology, Xiangyang No.1 People's Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine,The Fourth Clinical Medical College, Hubei, P.R.C, Xiangyang, Hubei Province, 441000, China. drpengan@foxmail.com.

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General Program of Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China 2025AFB885Innovative Research Program of Xiangyang No.1 People's Hospital XYY2025SD17the "323" Major Chronic Disease Project of the Hubei Provincial Health Commission and Xiangyang NO.1 People's Hospital XYY2022-323
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Abstract

The recent study by Thu et al. investigating the interplay between frailty, sarcopenia, and physical status in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy (EmLap) provides valuable insights into preoperative risk stratification. The authors' efforts to disentangle these complex factors in predicting mortality are commendable, particularly their emphasis on frailty and poor physical status as independent prognostic markers. However, several underappreciated aspects of this relationship warrant further discussion to refine clinical applicability and guide future research (1).

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