general surgery

medical specialty

Key facts

Names: Physician Surgeon
Occupation type: Specialty
Activity sectors: Medicine , Surgery
Education required: Master of Surgery (M.S.) Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Doctor of Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB)
Fields of employment: Hospitals , Clinics

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Research

598,300 papers

General Surgery Resident Autonomy: Truth and Myth.The Surgical clinics of North America · 2021
General surgery of childhood in the UK: a general surgeon's perspective.Journal of pediatric surgery · 2020
General Surgeons Australia's 12-point plan for emergency general surgery.ANZ journal of surgery · 2019
General surgery: present and future.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2012
Pediatric surgery.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2008

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Wikidata facts

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Commons category: General surgery

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A surgeon operating.

General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on alimentary canal and abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland. General surgeons also deal with diseases involving the skin, breast, soft tissue, trauma, peripheral artery disease and hernias and perform endoscopic as such as gastroscopy, colonoscopy and laparoscopic procedures.