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Revision as of 16:26, 20 August 2012
Overview
Surgical emergency is a medical emergency which requires immediate surgical intervention (the only way to solve the problem successfully).
The following conditions are surgical emergencies:
- Acute trauma
- Accidental amputation
- acute appendicitis
- Ruptured aortic aneurysm
- Aortic dissection
- Bleeding ectopic pregnancy
- Bowel obstruction
- Internal bleeding
- Intestinal volvulus
- Cardiac tamponade
- Acute subdural hematoma
- Acute airway obstruction
- Limb ischemia
- Acute mesenteric ischemia
- Pneumothorax
- Paraphimosis
- Peritonitis
- Priapism
- Retained abortion
- Stercoral perforation
- Testicular torsion
- Urinary retention
See also
References
Monson JRT, Duthie G, O'Malley K (Eds.). Surgical Emergencies. Blackwell Science (UK), 1999. ISBN 0-632-05047-0