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Received: 17 January 2018

Accepted: 13 March 2018

First Online: 6 April 2018

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: A retrospectively collected database of SCIAS cases was created at a quaternary care hospital in Helsinki, Finland. This database enrolled all consecutive adult patients with a diffuse secondary peritonitis between 2012 and 2013, although cases of appendicitis or cholecystitis were excluded. The institutional human research review committee approved the study design, and as it was an observational retrospective cohort study, neither informed consent nor ethics committee’s approval was required.

: Not Applicable.

: Jessica L McKee declares that she has consulted for Innovative Trauma Care, Aceso, and the Acelity Corporations. Osvaldo Chiara reported having consulted for the Acelity Corporation. Jose J. Diaz reported having consulted for the Acelity Corporation. Michael Sugrue reported having consulted for the Smith and Nephew Corporation. Ernest E. Moore reported Research support and Intellectual property related to the Haemonetics, TEM Systems, Pryor Corporations, and being a Cofounder of Thrombo Therapeutics Inc. Andrew W Kirkpatrick serves in the Canadian Forces Medical Services and has consulted for the Innovative Trauma Care and Acelity Corporations. All other authors declared that they have no competing interests.

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