An early study showed that, while morbidity rates for emergency surgery were around 39%, and mortality rates for emergency surgery were 12%, they descended to 23% and 3.5% respectively for elective surgery 4.
En un estudio pudo demostrarse que mientras las cifras de morbilidad y mortalidad de la cirugía urgente se situaban en torno al 39% y 12% respectivamente, las de la cirugía electiva descendían al 23% y ,5% 4.