What is a General Surgeon?
General Surgeons (specialists in their own right) broadly comprise two subspecialty groups, Colorectal and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons. There is considerable overlap between the two in terms of the conditions they investigate and manage e.g. Hernias and Gallbladder disease.
They will be expert in both the elective and emergency management of a wide variety of complaints of both men and women throughout all the ages of life.
These will be largely disorders of the abdominal contents (bowel, stomach, gall bladder etc) or less commonly its wall.
A surgical patient admitted to hospital as an emergency unless falling into a clearly defined speciality (e.g. Orthopaedic or Urological surgery) will be a General Surgical Patient.
