General surgery

General surgery - a surgical specialty that focuses on surgical management of diseases of the abdominal organs.

Conditions treated

• Abdominoperineal resection
• Adhesions repair
• Achalasia
• Acute pancreatitis
• Adrenalectomy
• Adrenocortical carcinoma
• Ampullary cancer
• Anal cancer
• Anal fistula
• Appendicitis
• Barrett's esophagus
• Benign liver tumors
• Bowel obstruction
• Breast cancer
• Breast cancer prevention
• Carcinoid syndrome
• Cholecystectomy
• Chronic pancreatitis
• Colectomy
• Colon cancer
• Conn's syndrome
• Constipation
• Crohn's disease
• Cryosurgery
• Cushing's syndrome
• Cyberknife
• Distal pancreatectomy
• Diverticulitis
• Enterocutaneous fistula
• Esophageal cancer
• Esophagectomy
• Fecal incontinence
• Gallbladder cancer
• Gallstones
• Gastrectomy
• Goiter
• Heller myotomy
• Hemorrhoidectomy
• Hemorrhoids
• Hepatic artery embolization
• Hiatal hernia
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Hyperthyroidism
• Indigestion
• Inflammatory breast cancer
• Inguinal hernia
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Liver biopsy
• Liver metastases
• Liver resection
• Lynch syndrome
• Male breast cancer
• Medullary thyroid cancer
• Melanoma
• Merkel cell carcinoma
• Metabolic syndrome
• Microscopic colitis
• Microwave ablation
• Nissen fundoplication
• Obesity surgery
• Pancreatectomy
• Pancreatic cancer
• Parastomal hernia
• Parathyroid cancer
• Parathyroidectomy
• Pelvic floor dysfunction
• Pheochromocytoma
• Proctocolectomy
• Rectal cancer
• Sentinel lymph node biopsy
• Small intestine cancer
• Soft tissue sarcoma
• Spigelian hernia
• Thyroid cancer
• Thyroid nodules
• Thyroidectomy

Common general surgery procedures

• Ambulatory phlebectomy
• Appendectomy
• Breast biopsy, core and open
• Breast surgery
• Colon cancer resection surgery
• Cholecystectomy
• Hemorrhoidectomy
• Hernia repair
• Laparoscopy and laparascopic procedures
• Sclerotherapy and Ultrasound-Guided Sclerotherapy
• Thyroid surgery
• Varicose vein removal

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General surgery journals

General surgeons such as General surgery keep themselves updated with the latest in the field of general surgery by following some of the following peer reviewed academic journals:

• International Journal of Surgery
• Surgery (journal)
• Annals of Surgery
• The American Journal of Surgery
• JAMA Surgery
• Journal of the American College of Surgeons

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