What is general surgery?
General surgery is a clinical discipline that treats liver, biliary tract, pancreas, gastrointestinal, anorectal and vascular diseases, thyroid and breast tumors, and other diseases such as trauma with surgery as the main method, and it is the largest specialty in the surgical system.

General surgery is general surgery, general hospital surgery in addition to general surgery, orthopedics, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, urology and so on. Some hospitals even divide general surgery into nail and breast surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, hepatobiliary, pancreatic and splenic surgery, etc., as well as anorectal, burns and plastic surgery, vascular surgery, pediatric surgery, transplantation surgery, nutrition, etc. are related to general surgery.

General surgery, or general surgery, is the discipline with the longest history and more comprehensive development in the field of surgery. It has a wide range of contents, involves many basic problems, and is the foundation of other specialized disciplines of surgery.

Scope of General Surgery
Generally speaking, the scope of general surgery includes:
Neck diseases, such as neck injuries, thyroid diseases and so on.
Breast diseases, such as breast cancer.
Peripheral vascular diseases, such as varicose veins of the lower limbs.
Diseases of the abdominal wall, such as inguinal hernia.
V. Abdominal emergencies, such as trauma, peritonitis, gastrointestinal bleeding, etc.
Sixth, gastrointestinal diseases, such as gastric perforation, appendicitis, intestinal obstruction, gastric cancer, colon cancer and so on.
Anorectal diseases, such as hemorrhoids, anal fistula, rectal cancer.
Hepatobiliary, pancreatic and splenic diseases, such as hepatocellular carcinoma, cholecystitis, biliary stones, pancreatitis, portal hypertension, splenomegaly and so on.
Nine, other, such as pediatric abdominal congenital diseases, retroperitoneal tumors.


In addition, general surgery is very closely linked to the basics of surgery, such as trauma repair, burns and cold injuries, electrical injuries, animal bites, surgical infections, tumors, shock, principles of asepsis, blood transfusion, fluid balance, enteral parenteral nutrition, vital organ failure, ICU, transplantation, microscopy, prosthetics, and body surface tumors.