Category:General surgery
- Breast surgery
- Endocrine surgery
- Upper GI surgery
- Hepatopancreatobiliary surgery
- Lower GI surgery
- Transplant surgery
- Vascular surgery
(for the purposes of clarity, each sub-specialty has a link to its own page)
Contents |
The Scope of General Surgery
see also
- History of general surgery
- Peri-operative care in general surgery
- Acute problems in general surgery
- Abdominal incisions
- areas still regarded as 'general', e.g. herniae, lumps and bumps
Peri-operative Aspects of General Surgery
see also Peri-operative care
Fasting | Bowel preparation | Nutrition in surgical patients | Peri-operative fluid balance | Prophylactic antibiotics | Thromboprophylaxis | Recovery after surgery
Common complications: Acute confusional state | haemorrhage | Ileus | Wound infection | Oliguria | Acute urinary retention |
Surgical Emergencies
Acute abdomen
Appendicitis | Pancreatitis | Acute cholecystitis | Large bowel obstruction | Small bowel obstruction | Ischaemic colitis | Toxic megacolon
GI bleed
Operations
General
- Appendicectomy | Cholecystectomy (Open) | Cholecystectomy (Laparoscopic) | Hernia repair (femoral) | Hernia repair (inguinal) | Hernia repair (Ventral) | Incision and drainage | Laparoscopy | Laparotomy
Upper GI
Lower GI
- Anterior resection | Right hemicolectomy | Left hemicolectomy | Ileostomy formation | Colostomy Formation
Anorectal
Breast
- Axillary clearance/sampling | Lumpectomy | Mastectomy | Wide local excision
Vascular
- AAA repair | Bypass procedures | Carotid endarerectomy | Varicose vein surgery
Subcategories
This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total.
BEH |
H cont.IL |
TUV |
Pages in category "General surgery"
The following 130 pages are in this category, out of 130 total.