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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
'''Surgical emergency''' is a [[medical emergency]] which requires immediate [[surgery|surgical intervention]] (the only way to solve the problem successfully). | '''Surgical emergency''' is a [[medical emergency]] which requires immediate [[surgery|surgical intervention]] (the only way to solve the problem successfully). | ||
==Classification== | |||
The following conditions are surgical emergencies: | The following conditions are surgical emergencies: | ||
* Accidental [[amputation]] | |||
* Acute [[airway obstruction]] | |||
* Acute [[appendicitis]] | |||
* Acute mesenteric ischemia | |||
* Acute [[subdural hematoma]] | |||
* Acute [[Physical trauma|trauma]] | * Acute [[Physical trauma|trauma]] | ||
* [[Aortic dissection]] | * [[Aortic dissection]] | ||
* Bleeding [[ectopic pregnancy]] | * Bleeding [[ectopic pregnancy]] | ||
* [[Bowel obstruction]] | * [[Bowel obstruction]] | ||
* [[Cardiac tamponade]] | |||
* [[Internal bleeding]] | * [[Internal bleeding]] | ||
* Intestinal [[volvulus]] | * Intestinal [[volvulus]] | ||
* Limb [[ischemia]] | * Limb [[ischemia]] | ||
* [[Paraphimosis]] | * [[Paraphimosis]] | ||
* [[Peritonitis]] | * [[Peritonitis]] | ||
* [[Pneumothorax]] | |||
* [[Priapism]] | * [[Priapism]] | ||
* Retained [[abortion]] | * Retained [[abortion]] | ||
* Ruptured [[aortic aneurysm]] | |||
* [[Stercoral perforation]] | * [[Stercoral perforation]] | ||
* [[Testicular torsion]] | * [[Testicular torsion]] | ||
* [[Urinary retention]] | * [[Urinary retention]] | ||
== | ==Related Chapters== | ||
* [[List of medical emergencies]] | * [[List of medical emergencies]] | ||
* [[Advanced Trauma Life Support]] | * [[Advanced Trauma Life Support]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Emergency medicine]] | [[Category:Emergency medicine]] | ||
[[Category:Surgery]] | |||
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{{WS}} | {{WS}} | ||
Latest revision as of 17:46, 18 February 2013
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Surgical emergency is a medical emergency which requires immediate surgical intervention (the only way to solve the problem successfully).
Classification
The following conditions are surgical emergencies:
- Accidental amputation
- Acute airway obstruction
- Acute appendicitis
- Acute mesenteric ischemia
- Acute subdural hematoma
- Acute trauma
- Aortic dissection
- Bleeding ectopic pregnancy
- Bowel obstruction
- Cardiac tamponade
- Internal bleeding
- Intestinal volvulus
- Limb ischemia
- Paraphimosis
- Peritonitis
- Pneumothorax
- Priapism
- Retained abortion
- Ruptured aortic aneurysm
- Stercoral perforation
- Testicular torsion
- Urinary retention