General Surgery

With a name like “general surgeon” one does wonder: what does a general surgeon do? General surgeons use surgical procedures to remove disease, repair injuries, and promote health and healing. They also perform diagnostic tests and provide guidance on the need for surgery. These doctors might be called on to perform surgery on almost any part of the body since they have the knowledge and basic training in all nine areas of
surgery which are :

• The digestive tract
• The abdomen and its contents
• The skin and soft tissue, including the breasts
• The head and neck
• The blood vessels and heart
• The endocrine system (hormones and glands)
• Surgical treatment of cancer
• Surgical management of traumatic injuries
• Care of critically ill patients with surgical needs

• Appendectomy
• Gall bladder surgery
• Surgery for gastric/duodenal ulcer perforation
• Surgery for intestinal obstruction/perforation
• Surgery for colon cancer
• Hernia repair
• Hydrocele surgery
• Circumcision
• Surgery for piles, fissure, fistula
• Breast lump/cancer surgery
• Thyroid surgery
• Cervical lymph node biopsy
• Surgery for skin and soft tissue swelling (eg. sebaceous cyst, lipoma, abscess,)
• Management of trauma (eg. CLW suturing, Burns management,)
• Laparoscopy
• Endoscopy
• Laser Treatments of Varicose Veins