Enhancing operative documentation of emergency laparotomy: a systematic review and development of a synoptic reporting template.

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"The methods and study inclusion criteria were specified in advance, and the protocol was registered with the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) database registration number CRD42023396649 []. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were followed in this systematic review (Fig. ) []. Articles written in English and full-text reporting studies on the operative documentation of EL were eligible for inclusion. The study did not include paediatric (< 16 years of age) patients or studies on pregnancy, as well as systematic reviews, meta-analyses, case reports, editorial comments, and letters. Microsoft Excel® was used to import citations, and duplicates were removed. The references of the reviewed studies were examined for papers not identified by the initial search strategy.Fig. 1PRISMA flow diagram: identification, review and selection of articles included in this systematic review"