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Surgical intervention for patients (n = 1739), stratified by whether they were referred from an outside institution (n = 535) or not (n = 1204).
Note. Immediate surgery is defined as surgery performed within 24 hours of presenting to the ED; delayed surgery is after 24 hours.
