What Is Trauma Surgery?
Trauma surgery typically refers to any surgical procedure that requires care for a critically or seriously injured patient due to impact impairment. In a vast majority of trauma surgery cases, causes of impact can typically include falls, vehicle collisions or accidents involving an automobile. Accidents of a violent nature such as stabbings and shootings can also have a major bearing on the need for emergency surgery.
Trauma surgery typically refers to any surgical procedure that requires care for a critically or seriously injured patient due to impact impairment. In a vast majority of trauma surgery cases, causes of impact can typically include falls, vehicle collisions or accidents involving an automobile. Accidents of a violent nature such as stabbings and shootings can also have a major bearing on the need for emergency surgery. The surgical specialty of trauma-related cases often involves invasive treatment of physical injuries to repair extensive damage. This may mean opening up or dissecting various structures within the body to explore the cause of injury and repair the damage. In cases of internal bleeding, hemorrhaging may need to be controlled through trauma surgery. If an internal organ such as the liver or heart is damaged, surgery may be the only option to save the patient’s life. In some cases, removal of an organ that has been damaged, such as the spleen, may also be necessary.
