General surgery
Surgical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of the whole patient and the broad range of surgical diseases that may afflict them. The specialty covers a wide range of diseases involving many body systems including those related to the breast, endocrine, gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, vascular, anorectal, skin and melanoma, oncologic/cancer surgery, hernia, trauma and critical care. General surgeons typically spend 4 years in medical school after college followed by 5 years of grueling, demanding specialty training including one year of internship and one year as chief resident.
Topics in General Surgery
[edit | edit source]Basic Topics
[edit | edit source]- Systemic and Metabolic Response to Injury
- Fluid and Electrolyte Management
- Hemostasis, Bleeding and Transfusion
- Shock
- Surgical İnfections
- Trauma
- Burns
- Wound Healing
- Oncology
- Transplantation
- Patient Safety, Errors and Complications in Surgery
- Physiologic Monitoring of the Surgical Patient
- Minimal Invasive Surgery
- Breast Cancer
- Sentinel Node and Surgical Oncology