General Surgery, unlike other specialties within healthcare, is more of an umbrella encompassing an array of sub-specialties. Mostly a practice dealing with the treatment of abdominal contents which consist of the stomach, oesophagus, small intestine, pancreas, liver, appendix, gallbladder, thyroid gland, and the bile ducts, specialists in general surgery are also essential in the domain of soft tissue, trauma, breast, skin, peripheral artery diseases, hernia, gastroscopy and colonoscopy.
A general surgery hospital will usually employ a range of tests to correctly determine the abnormalities before referring the patient to their panel of general and laparoscopic surgeons that further classifies into the following sub-specialties:
• Laser Surgery
• Laparoscopic Surgery
• Trauma Care
• Breast Surgery
• Vascular Surgery
• Endocrine Surgery
• Transplant Surgery
• Surgical Oncology
• Cardiothoracic Surgery