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How many categories are there in western medicine surgery?
Surgery is mainly divided into general surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, urology, orthopedics, neurosurgery, burns, plastic surgery, microsurgery and so on.

Surgery is divided into several specialties; Some are based on the parts of the human body, such as abdominal surgery and chest surgery; Some follow the human body system, such as orthopedics, urology, neurosurgery and vascular surgery; Some are based on the age characteristics of patients, such as pediatrics and geriatric surgery, and some are based on surgical methods, such as reconstruction surgery, microsurgery and transplantation; Others are based on the nature of the disease, such as tumor surgery and emergency surgery. Especially due to the scope of the operation.