Conditions and Procedures

Trauma surgeons at University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, treat patients with emergent medical needs for these conditions and more.

Trauma Conditions

• Blunt: Motor vehicle crash, falls, all-terrain vehicle crashes, assaults
• Penetrating: Gunshot wounds, stab wounds, farm implement injuries

Trauma Procedures

• Trauma evaluation (level 1 and level 2)
• Exploratory laparotomy
• Emergency thoracotomy
• Resuscitation
• Chest wall stabilization

Burn Conditions

• Thermal burns
• Chemical burns
• Frostbite
• Inhalation injury

Burn Procedures

• Skin excision
• Skin grafting

Acute Care/Emergency General Surgery Conditions

• Appendicitis
• Diverticulitis (complicated)
• Cholecystitis
• Perforated bowel
• Perforated ulcer
• Abdominal abscess
• Incarcerated hernia
• Bowel obstruction

Acute Care/Emergency General Surgery Procedures

• Appendectomy
• Cholecystectomy
• Bowel resection
• Ostomy creation
• Feeding tubes
• Tracheostomy
• Open hernia repair

Surgical Critical Care Conditions

• Post-operative care
• Sepsis
• Respiratory failure
• Multi-organ failure
• Coagulopathy

Surgical Critical Care Procedures

• Tracheostomy (open and percutaneous)
• Pleural drainage catheters
• Ventilator management
• Temporary vascular access (central venous lines, dialysis lines, arterial lines, swan-ganz catheters)
• Bronchoscopy
• Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes (PEGs)