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What is the difference between surgery and general surgery?
The difference between surgery and general surgery is: different affiliation, different content and different disease range.

First, it belongs to different.

1. Surgery: The main branches of surgery are: general surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, urology, orthopedics, neurosurgery, burns, plastic surgery, microsurgery, etc.

2. General surgery: General surgery is the largest specialty in the surgical system.

Second, the content is different.

1, Surgery: It is a science that studies the occurrence, development, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of surgical diseases, and it is a professional department that mainly treats diseases by surgical resection and repair.

2. General surgery: it mainly treats liver, biliary tract, pancreas, gastrointestinal tract, anorectal diseases, vascular diseases, thyroid and breast tumors, trauma and other clinical disciplines.

Third, the range of diseases is different.

1, Surgery: Surgical diseases are divided into five categories: trauma, infection, tumor, deformity and dysfunction.

2. General surgery: The scope of general surgery diseases is aimed at trauma and tumor.

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