treatment of diseases, injuries and deformities of all kinds by operative methods
Specialty of medicine that deals with disease or injury by operative means.
Diagnosis and surgical treatment of disease and injury.
The study and practice of all types of surgical operations. General surgeons perform a number of procedures aimed at treating a range of diseases and conditions, including cancer, appendicitis, tonsillitis and hernia.
A branch of medicine concerned with diseases and conditions requiring or amenable to operative or manual procedures.
General surgeons deal with all types of surgical conditions in most areas of the body, including pre- and post-operative care.
A surgeon specializes in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of diseases.
The surgical treatment of diseases of the abdomen, abdominal wall (hernias), breast, and endocrine organs.
A specialty covering a wide variety of surgical procedures.
General surgeons provide a full range of services, including surgery of the endocrine system, gastrointestinal tract, breast tumors, hernias and various cancers. They provide these services on both an inpatient and outpatient basis.
Surgery of the abdomen, breast, thyroid and all surgical procedures not performed by the various specialties.
General surgery, despite its name, is a surgical specialty that focuses on surgical treatment of abdominal organs, e.g. intestines including esophagus, stomach, colon, liver, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland (depending on the availability of head and neck surgery specialists) and hernias.