General Surgery

General surgery, although it carries the word general, is actually a surgical specialty.
A good general surgeon not only manages a wide range of patients and their various problems but is also responsible for patient care before, during, and after surgery.
All surgeons should begin their training in general surgery; After becoming a general surgeon, many doctors go on to get other surgical specialties.

who is General Surgeon?

Contrary to its name, a general surgeon is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal organs (such as the intestines), which include the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland (depending on how accessible it is).

General surgeons also deal with diseases involving the skin, breast, and hernia. They mainly deal with the trunk.
Since general surgery specialists in many centers of the world are the first level of providing services to accidental patients and life-threatening emergencies, their scope of activities and abilities is very wide and when necessary, they are able to perform emergency surgeries in other fields such as Orthopedic surgeries, gynecological surgeries, urological surgeries, and in some cases neurosurgeries as well.

General surgery specialists are called general because they are able to perform surgery on all body parts.

scope of practice of General Surgery

A general surgeon is trained to treat problems with the following systems and organs: 

• Digestive system (esophagus, stomach, and related organs) 
• Stomach and its contents 
• Breast, skin, and tissues 
• Endocrine system 

In addition, the general surgeon is expected to have sufficient knowledge and experience concerning the following:

• Special surgical care
• Surgical oncology
• Trauma 

As we said, despite dragging the term (general) in the name of these people, the general surgeon is a very specialized person who usually deals with common abdominal complaints.

General surgeons may specialize in other types of surgery, such as treating cancer or burns. 

What are the diseases that a General Surgeon treats?

The following are the disorders and diseases that General Surgeons can treat:

• Abdominal adhesions
• Abdominoperineal resection
• Achalasia
• Acute pancreatitis
• Adrenalectomy
• Adrenocortical carcinoma
• Anal cancer
• Anal fistula
• Appendicitis
• Bariatric surgery and weight control
• Mary Barrett syndrome
• Tumors of the liver
• Bile duct cancer
• Pancreatic cancer
• Intestinal adhesions
• Breast Cancer
• Carcinoid syndrome
• Cystectomy head
• Chronic pancreatitis
• Colectomy
• Colon cancer
• Hiatal disc herniation
• Umbilical hernia
• Inguinal hernia
• Separation of attached organs
• Kahn syndrome
• Constipation
• Crohn’s disease
• Cryosurgery
• Cushing syndrome
• Terminal pancreatectomy
• Diverticulitis
• Esophageal cancer
• Esophagostomy
• Adenomatous polyposis
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Fecal incontinence
• Gallbladder cancer
• Gallstone
• Gastrectomy
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease
• Gastrointestinal complications
• Neuroendocrine tumors
• Intestinal neuroendocrine tumors
• Goiter
• Hiller’s myotomy
• Hemorrhoidectomy
• hemorrhoids
• Hepatic vascular embolism
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Hyperthyroidism
• Poor digestion
• Breast inflammation
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Adjustable gastric laparoscopy
• Laparoscopic gastric bypass
• Laparoscopic hernia repairs
• Gastric sleeve gastrectomy
• Pancreas repair
• Liver biopsy
• Liver cancer
• Liver cysts
• Liver metastasis
• Liver resection
• Lynch syndrome
• Melanoma
• Merkel cell carcinoma
• Metabolic syndrome
• Obesity
• Ostomy surgery
• Pancreatectomy
• Pancreatic cancer
• Pancreatic pseudocyst cysts
• Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
• Parathyroid cancer
• Parathyroidectomy
• Pelvic floor disorder
• Proctocolectomy
• Rectal cancer
• Abdominoplasty
• Lymph biopsy
• Small bowel cancer
• Diabetes
• Ulcerative colitis

The following are surgeries that General Surgeons can perform:

• Liver transplant surgery
• Kidney transplant surgery
• Prostatectomy surgery
• Vasectomy surgery
• Caesarean 
• Penis enlargement
• Abdominal surgery
• Endocrine system surgery
• Trauma surgery
• Esophagus Surgery
• Small bowel surgery
• Colon surgery
• Gallbladder surgery
• Bile ducts surgery
• Pediatric surgery