Surgical emergency
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Surgical emergency is a medical emergency for which immediate surgical intervention is the only way to solve the problem successfully.
The following conditions are surgical emergencies:
- Acute trauma
Cardiothoracic
Gastrointestinal
- Acute appendicitis
- Bowel obstruction
- Gastrointestinal perforation
- Intestinal volvulus
- Acute mesenteric ischemia
- Peritonitis
- Stercoral perforation
Genitourinary
Gynaecological
- Ovarian torsion
- Bleeding ectopic pregnancy
- Retained abortion
Neurological/Ophthalmic
Vascular
- Ruptured aortic aneurysm
- Aortic dissection
- Internal bleeding
- Limb ischemia
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Monson JRT, Duthie G, O'Malley K (Eds.). Surgical Emergencies. Blackwell Science (UK), 1999. ISBN 0-632-05047-0
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