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
Bleeding ectopic pregnancy
Retained abortion
Neurological/Ophthalmic
Acute subdural hematoma
Retinal detachment
Vascular
Ruptured aortic aneurysm
Aortic dissection
Internal bleeding
Limb ischemia
