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Surgery Information A General surgeon is a physician that has completed medical school and a residency training program where he or she specialized in surgical intervention of patients. The surgeon has studied the entire body of adults, children and neonates. At the end of the residency program the surgeon may decide to specialize in a particular area such as pediatric surgery, vascular, thoracic etc.. In urban areas the general surgeon usually limits their practice to the alimentary tract, breast, and or enodocrine system. In rural areas the surgeon's practice is usually much broader encompassing a wider procedure scope and patient age range. In surgery like any other profession the surgeon may have a special kinship or passion for a region and further limits his or her practice to that region or type of procedure (i.e., laparoscopic or bariatric surgery). Rather in a rural or urban area the patient will need to check with their surgeon to determine that types of procedures available in the facility the surgeon uses.

Some common General Surgery Procedures

Breast procedures 

• Cyst aspirations - when  there is a fluid filled lump the liquid can be withdrawn and examined.
• biopsies - needed when you have a suspicous lump or mass in the breast.
• cancer surgery - lumpectomy (partial mastectomy), or mastectomy

Abdominal procedures .... One of the many signs of pathology (something wrong) in this area is pain. Although pain can be caused by many things it can be an indicator of something wrong in one of the intra-abdominal organs. Some common procedures in this area are....

• gall bladder removal (cholecystectomy) usually done laparoscopically - taken out through small holes placed on the abdominal wall.
• appendix (appendectomy)
• colon (done for obstruction, perforation caused by infection, trauma, cancer, or other problems 
• hernia repair - required to repair a weakness or hole in the abdominal wall or groin area
• Rectal --- hemorrhoids, fissures, abcesses, masses, and other conditions 

Endoscopy

• Looking inside the lumen of the esophagus, stomach and first portion of the small intestine - to check area for ulcers or biopsy area for bacteria that helps to cause ulcers and premalignant and malignant conditions.

• Looking inside the lumen of the intestine for polyps, and other premalignant lesions.

Skin & Soft Tissue

• Biopsies, removing unsightly soft tissue lesions, removing soft tissue lesions that cause debility, wound care, wound revisions and more.