A general surgeon is a physician who has been educated and trained in the diagnosis and preoperative, operative, and postoperative management of patient care. Surgery requires knowledge of anatomy, emergency and intensive care, immunology, metabolism, nutrition, pathology, physiology, shock and resuscitation, and wound healing.
The general surgeon is trained to provide surgical care for the whole patient. This includes making a diagnosis; preoperative, operative and postoperative management of the patient; and the surgical treatment of the patient.
General surgery includes:
- Breast and Thyroid surgery
- Varicose vein surgery
- Limb surgery/soft tissue tumor surgery
- Parotid surgery
- Chest surgery (open and VATS)
- Abdominal and GI surgery
- Stone and kidney surgery
- Abdominal wall surgery (hernia and wall reconstruction)
- Genitals surgery (scrotum, testis, penis and vagina)
- Abscess and wound care
- Diabetic foot care
- Piles, fissure, fistula surgery
- Head and neck surgery
- Pediatric surgery,
- Surgical critical care,
- Surgical oncology,
- Trauma, emergency and burns,
- general gynaecology
The exact profile of a general surgeon’s practice may vary depending on whether the practice is in an academic centre, an urban community or a more rural centre. The general surgeon have most wide area of practice (surgeries).