Book Review: The Acute Abdomen

The Acute Abdomen

[Acute abdomen].

The Acute Abdomen.

The Acute Abdomen*

“For the abdominal surgeon it is a familiar experience to sit, ready scrubbed and gowned, in a corner of the quiet theatre, with the clock pointing midnight. ...In a few minutes the patient will be wheeled in and another emergency laparotomy will commence. This is the culmination of a process which began a few hours previously with the surgeon meeting with and examining the patient, reaching a ...

The Acute Abdomen - Commonly Missed And Mis-diagnosed Conditions: Review

The varying presentations of acute surgical conditions make diagnoses often challenging. The commonly missed or misdiagnosed surgical conditions include acute appendicitis, testicular torsion, mid-cycle ovarian pain, femoral hernia, rectus sheath haematoma, diaphragmatic injury, aortic aneurysm and ischaemic bowel. This article provides a review of the literature on commonly missed and misdiagn...