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Perforated Peptic ulcers (PPU) is one of the common finding in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy for peritonitis at UTH, Adult Hospital, department of surgery, representing about 26.45% of these cases in a calendar year. A high risk of mortality and morbidity is encountered in patients...

The Surgical Apgar Score (SAS) is a very easy and objective tool for triaging patients postsurgery. It can be used as an assessment tool for performance of hospitals, units or individual surgeons. However, not much research has been done to assess its utility in resource limited settings like...