General Surgery
General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland (depending on local referral patterns). The General Surgery Unit cares for adults undergoing complex surgery, including Whipple’s, liver resections, colon resections, roux-en-y, mastectomies, hernia repairs, appendectomies, head and neck resections and multiple laparoscopic procedures.Physicians and surgeons diagnose and treat injuries or illnesses. … Surgeons operate on patients to treat injuries, such as broken bones; diseases, such as cancerous tumors; and deformities, such as cleft palates.