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General Surgery

General Surgery, despite the broad name, is a specialty that focuses on the following systems and organs in the body:

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
• Esophagus
• Stomach
• Small Intestine
• Large Intestine or Colon
• Rectum and anus (including Hemorrhoids, Anal Fissure, etc…)

SKIN AND ABDOMINAL WALL
• Lumps, masses, and tumors (including lipomas)
• Abcesses and skin infections
• Hernias (including inguinal, femoral, ventral, and post surgical hernias)

GLANDS
• Thyroid
• Parathyroid
• Adrenals (Suprarenal glands)
• Lymph nodes (neck, axilla, groin, etc…)

General Surgeons are becoming more and more sub-specialized in certain areas of General Surgery such as:

• Bariatric Surgery (Obesity)
• HepatoPancreatoBiliary Surgery (HPB) (liver, pancreas and biliary ducts)
• Colorectal Surgery (colon, rectum and anus)
• Endocrine Surgery (all glands)
• Oncological Surgery (Cancers in the General Surgery field)

HEPATO-BILIARY SYSTEM
• Liver
• Bile Ducts
• Gall Bladder
• Pancreas

BREASTS
• Masses and abnormal shape or feeling
• Abcesses
• Nipple discharge