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