General surgery deals with surgical treatment of abdominal organs, e.g. intestines inclusive esophagus, stomach, colon, liver, gallbladder and bile ducts, and furthermore of the thyroid gland (depending on the availability of head and neck surgery specialists) and hernia.
In Canada, in the US and in the UK, general surgeons are responsible for breast care, including the surgical treatment of breast cancer. In most other countries, breast care falls under Obstetrics and Gynecology and its sub-specialty of Mastology (or Senology).
In the last few years minimally invasive surgery has become more and more important. Considerable enthusiasm has built around robotic surgery (or, more accurately, robotic-assisted surgery), despite the scant data currently available failing to show real benefit.
See also
| Health science - Surgery - General surgery - edit |
| Surgical diseases of the neck |
| Resection (Thyroid cancer, Lymphoma) |
| Surgical diseases of the esophagus - stomach |
| Resection (Esophageal cancer, Stomach cancer), Bariatric surgery (Morbid obesity), Repair (Trauma) |
| Surgical diseases of the abdomen (non-GI) |
| Kidney transplant (Chronic renal failure), Resection (Kidney cancer, Metastatic disease), Debulking surgery (Ovarian cancer), Hernia repair |
| Surgical diseases of the liver - pancreas - gallbladder - biliary tree |
| Liver transplant (Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, PBC, PSC), Resection (HCC, Metastatic disease of the liver), Resection (Whipple procedure (Pancreatic cancer)| Cholecystectomy (Cholecystitis) |
| Surgical diseases of the small intestine |
| Resection (due to bowel infarction and/or small bowel obstruction - Intussusception, Volvulus Crohn's disease, Meconium ileus (due to Cystic fibrosis), Cancer of the small bowel) |
| Surgical diseases of the colon |
| Appendectomy (Appendicitis), Resection due to obstruction and/or perforation (Toxic megacolon (due to IBD), Colorectal cancer, Hirschsprung's disease, Trauma, Intussusception, Volvulus, Inguinal hernia, Adhesions (due to previous surgery), Meckel's diverticulum) |
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