Aakre EK, A. Ulvik A, Hufthammer KO, et al. - Via performing this single‐center retrospective study at Haukeland University Hospital, Norway, researchers examined outcome following emergency laparotomy (EL) in patients ≥ 80 years of age. They assessed 106 patients aged 80–96 years who underwent EL between 2015 and 2016. Among these, cardiopulmonary disease was reported in 58%, and there were 16% who were living in a nursing home before surgery. Observations revealed very high mortality after EL in octo‐ and nonagenarians. Relative to surgical, medical complications are more common, and there is frequent functional decline.