TABLE 2.

List of exposure-prone surgical procedures in the investigation

Procedures
Appendectomy, with or without gross perforation
Bowel resection – any of the following: abdomino-perineal resection, enterectomy, hemicolectomy, total colectomy, proctectomy, terminal ileum, caecum or ascending colon resection
Cholecystectomy – laporotomy
Closure of perforated ulcer
Closure of other bowel perforation
Drainage of subphrenic abscess
Epigastric hernia repair
Intestinal obstruction with or without resection
Laporotomy for deep exploration/biopsy
Ostomies: colostomy, entero-enterostomy, gastroduodenostomy, ileostomy
Salpingectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy