The Branches of Medicine - Surgical Specialties

Surgical Specialties

  1. General Surgery deals with those conditions which require operative interventions. Deals with most surgical problems because of having mastered all the techniques basic to all the fields. The anatomical areas that general surgeon is most concerned are the abdomen and its contents. Its subspecialties are:

  2. Plastic Surgery improves the body function by dealing with disfigurements and to prevent such disfigurements following accidents or disease. Some surgeons deal primarily with cosmetic surgery performed solely to improve appearance.
  3. Colon and Rectal Surgery
  4. Neurological Surgery concerned with patients who have surgical problems of the brain and spinal column, the peripheral nervous system, or the tissues that support these system, including the blood vessels.
  5. Otolaryngology is concerned with the ear, the nose and sinuses, and the throat, including the larynx, the pharynx, and related structures. They also treat nonsurgical conditions. They are also concerned with the prevention and treatment of deafness in treating the ear.
  6. Ophthalmologist treats medical and surgical eye conditions and concerned with the prevention and treatment of blindness.
  7. Orthopedic Surgery derives its name from its beginnings in correcting childhood deformities (orthopedics means "straight child") but it is now concerned with diseases of the bone, joints, and muscles. They are also called in when an arm or leg must be amputated, and they are involved with the fitting of artificial body parts (prostheses) and in the training of amputees to operate the devices.
  8. Thoracic Surgery a separate discipline for treating pulmonary diseases (such as abscesses or cancer of the lung or complications resulting from tubercolosis). They must be also skilled in endoscopy (a necessary adjunct in both pulmonary and cardiovascular surgery). They may also be called upon neck surgery.
  9. Urology treats surgical diseases of the kidneys and both medical and surgical conditions of the remainder of the urinary tract and the male genital system.
  10. Obstetrics and Gynecology exhibit important elements both of surgery and of general medicine. They provide primary care for woman. Obstetrics cares for woman before, during, and after childbirth. while Gynecology is the treatment of female patients with diseases or disorders of the genital tract.

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