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What is the meaning of general surgery?
General surgery is a clinical discipline that mainly treats liver, biliary tract, pancreas, gastrointestinal tract, anorectal diseases, vascular diseases, thyroid and breast tumors and injuries, and it is the largest specialty in the surgical system.

General surgery is general surgery, and general hospital surgery includes orthopedics, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, urology and so on. Some hospitals even divide general surgery into cervical breast surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, hepatobiliary, pancreatic and splenic surgery. There are anorectal surgery, burn plastic surgery, vascular surgery, pediatric surgery, transplant surgery, nutrition and so on.

In addition, general surgery is closely related to the basic knowledge of surgery, such as wound repair, burns, electric injuries, animal bites, surgical infections, tumors, shock, aseptic principle, blood transfusion, body fluid balance, enteral and parenteral nutrition, critical organ failure, ICU, transplantation, microscopic examination, reduction, body surface tumors and so on.