Emergency Surgery - Kyukyuugeka

Japanese: 救急外科 - きゅうきゅうげか
Emergency Surgery - Kyukyuugeka

...In the field of gastrointestinal surgery, it has become possible to operate not only on esophageal and pancreatic cancer, but also on liver cancer, which was previously thought to be inoperable. Today's remarkable developments in transportation and industry have brought about widespread burns and multiple trauma as secondary effects, which has led to the development and differentiation of emergency surgery, leading to the separation of plastic surgery, which deals with the formation of scars and the recovery of motor function. Naturally, pediatric surgery, which deals with congenital malformations and newborns and infants, has also become a separate and independent department. ...

From [Surgery]

...When it comes to gastric cancer surgery, Japan's results are something to be proud of on the world stage.
[Advances in emergency surgery and plastic surgery]
The two world wars and numerous conflicts in the 20th century, in terms of medicine alone, have enriched our knowledge of shock and infectious diseases, and have greatly improved emergency surgical treatment for tetanus and burns. In particular, for severe burns, open treatment in a sterile room, skin grafts, artificial skin, the development of broad-spectrum antibiotics, and improvements in fluid therapy have all combined to make emergency treatment more effective.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "emergency surgery" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…消化器外科分野でも,食道癌,膵癌はいうに及ばず,メスを加えることができないといわれた肝臓癌の手術さえも,可能となった。今日の交通や工業の著しい発達は,広範囲熱傷や多発外傷を二次的産物としてもたらしたが,これにともない救急外科が発達分化し,その後の瘢痕(はんこん)形成や運動機能回復のための形成外科を分離させることになった。また先天性奇形や新生児・乳幼児を対象とする小児外科も当然のことながら分離独立した。…

【手術】より

…胃癌の手術に関しては,日本の成績は世界に誇りうるものである。
[救急外科,形成外科の進歩]
 20世紀における2回の世界大戦や幾多の戦乱は,医学の面に限っていえば,ショックや感染症などに対する知見を豊かにし,破傷風や熱傷などに対する救急的外科処置が大いに改善された。ことに重度熱傷に対しては,無菌室での開放的療法,皮膚移植,人工皮膚,広域抗生物質の発達,輸液療法の改善などが相まって,救急治療の実をあげることができるようになった。…

※「救急外科」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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