9781632426390
Foster Academics
English
2019
Medical Science
247
140 $
The medical condition, which poses an immediate risk to a person's life, is known as medical emergency. The type of non-elective surgery performed in the case of a medical emergency, where immediate surgery is the only possible way to solve the problem successfully, is called an emergency surgery. It is done immediately in order to save life, organ or functional capacity. Some of the acute emergencies that can be managed surgically include abdominal emergencies, respiratory obstructions and pleural diseases, urinary obstructions, intestinal obstruction or perforation, etc. Without early treatment and surgical care, mortality rates for these conditions are high. Different approaches, evaluations, methodologies and advanced studies on emergency surgery have been included in this book. It presents researches and studies performed by experts across the globe. This book will prove to be immensely beneficial to students and researchers in this field.