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TOTAL EM - Tools Of the Trade and Academic Learning in Emergency MedicineAuthor: Chip Lange
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Podcast #244 - Updated Guidelines on Anorectal Emergencies
Monday, 15 August, 2022
There are a variety of anorectal emergencies that present to the emergency department. Recently, there were updated guidelines made by the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST). In this post, we review some of the updated guidelines including for anorectal abscess, perineal necrotizing fasciitis (Fournier's gangrene), bleeding anorectal varices, complicated rectal prolapse (irreducible or strangulated), and retained anorectal foreign bodies.
