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 Neurological/Ophthalmic Vascular