General surgery, surgical methods of treatment of systemic and local issues besides the body, general principles of wound healing, injury, metabolic and endocrine contains topics like the answer, and that affected many basic medical branch surgery in terms of development and technical discipline.
The word surgery originates from the Latin term 'chirurgiae' and means 'manual work'. Surgery is one of the oldest branches of medicine and is based on the repair of diseases, injuries, structural disorders in the body that cannot be cured by medication or other methods of treatment by surgery or by cutting out the diseased organ and turning it into its natural and proper shape.
Types of surgery are most often referred to by the name of the organ or the system to which it is attached. Goiter (thyroid gland), breast, esophagus (esophagus), stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, anus, hernias, liver, gall bladder, bile duct, endoscopic, and laparoscopic surgery general surgery in the area are involved. According to the system, if left thyroid surgery, breast surgery, esophagus, stomach, duodenum, small intestine, small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus region surgeries, liver and enters the scope of general surgery hernia surgery. In some cases, general surgery aims to protect not only from surgery, but also from surgery with preventive medicine.
The Department of General Surgery works in cooperation with many disciplines and as a co-director due to the breadth of its field of interest. Various types of cancer cases make up the bulk of General surgery patients. It is studied in cooperation with Gastroenterology, Radiology/Interventional Radiology, Pathology, Medical and Radiation Oncology in the planning of diagnosis, surgery and subsequent treatment stages for these patients.Another area of interest of General Surgery is traumatology. Due to the presence of multiple organ system injuries, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Urology, Cardiovascular Surgery departments are often acted upon in patients with trauma. The Department of General Surgery takes over the coordination of all these branches of medicine, especially in severe multi-organ injuries.
In the General Surgery Departments of our hospitals, with the awareness of social responsibility for improving public health, screening and detailed follow-up programs for the early diagnosis of colon cancer and breast cancer are also carried out.