WH Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
We manage a range of conditions, including major body trauma, perforated viscus, acute appendicitis, hepatopancreatobiliary sepsis, intestinal obstruction, ischaemic bowel, bleeding gastrointestinal tract, anorectal sepsis and truncal soft tissue infections.
Conditions
- Major body trauma
- Perforated viscus: e.g. perforated duodenal/gastric ulcer, perforated colonic diverticulitis or colon cancer
- Acute appendicitis
- Hepatopancreatobiliary sepsis: e.g. liver abscess, acute cholecystitis and cholangitis
- Acute pancreatitis
- Intestinal obstruction
- Ischaemic bowel
- Bleeding gastrointestinal tract
- Incarcerated and strangulated hernia
- Anorectal sepsis: e.g. perianal abscess, fistula
- Truncal soft tissue infections: e.g. skin abscess, carbuncle, infected sebaceous cyst, and necrotising fasciitis
Treatments
- Emergency trauma surgery
- Appendicectomy
- Resection of small and large bowel
- Herniorraphy
- Drainage of abscess
- Emergency laparotomy
- Emergency endoscopy
