Surgical emergency
Medical emergency requiring immediate intervention
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
- Cardiac tamponade
- Acute airway obstruction
- Pneumothorax
Gastrointestinal
- Acute appendicitis
- Bowel obstruction
- Gastrointestinal perforation
- Intestinal volvulus
- Acute mesenteric ischemia
- Peritonitis
- Stercoral perforation
Genitourinary
- Testicular torsion
- Urinary retention
- Paraphimosis
- Priapism
Gynaecological
- Ovarian torsion
- Bleeding ectopic pregnancy
- Retained abortion
Neurological/Ophthalmic
Vascular
- Ruptured aortic aneurysm
- Aortic dissection
- Internal bleeding
- Limb ischemia
See also
References
- Monson JRT, Duthie G, O'Malley K (Eds.). Surgical Emergencies. Blackwell Science (UK), 1999. ISBN 0-632-05047-0