Surgical emergency
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'''Surgical emergency''' is a [[medical emergency]] which requires immediate [[surgery|surgical intervention]] (the only way to solve the problem successfully).
The following conditions are surgical emergencies:
* Acute [[Physical trauma|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==
* [[List of medical emergencies]]
* [[Advanced Trauma Life Support]]
==References==
Monson JRT, Duthie G, O'Malley K (Eds.). ''Surgical Emergencies''. Blackwell Science (UK), 1999. ISBN 0-632-05047-0
[[Category:Emergency medicine]]
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