General surgery is a technical discipline that includes general principles (such as wound healing, metabolic and endocrine response to injury) as well as surgical treatment of systemic and local problems in the body and has influenced many surgical and basic medicine branches in terms of their development.
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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 principle of surgical repair of diseases, injuries, structural disorders in the body that cannot be cured by medication or other treatment methods, or the transformation of the diseased organ into its natural and appropriate form by cutting and removing it.
Types of surgery are often referred to by the name of the organ or the system to which it is connected. Goiter (thyroid gland), breast, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, anus, hernias, liver, gallbladder, biliary tract, endoscopic and laparoscopic surgical interventions are included in the field of General Surgery. When divided according to systems; goiter surgeries, breast surgeries, esophagus, stomach, duodenum, small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus area surgeries, liver and hernia surgeries fall under the scope of General Surgery. In some cases, General Surgery aims to prevent surgery not only with surgery but also with preventive medicine.
The Department of General Surgery works in cooperation and coordination with many disciplines due to the breadth of its field of interest. The majority of General Surgery patients are affected by various types of cancer. We work in collaboration with Gastroenterology, Radiology/Interventional Radiology, Pathology, Medical and Radiation Oncology in planning the diagnosis, surgery and subsequent treatment stages for these patients.
Another area of interest of General Surgery is traumatology. Since traumatized patients often have multiple organ system injuries, the departments of Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Urology, Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiovascular Surgery work together. Especially in severe multi-organ injuries, the Department of General Surgery is responsible for the coordination of all these medical disciplines.
In the General Surgery Departments of our hospital, screening and detailed follow-up programs are also carried out for the early diagnosis of colon cancer and breast cancer with the awareness of social responsibility to improve public health.
