According to the American Board of Surgery,
General Surgery is defined in terms of "a comprehensive but specific manner, as a discipline having a central core of knowledge embracing anatomy, physiology, metabolism, immunology, nutrition, pathology, wound healing, shock and resuscitation, intensive care and neoplasia, which are common to all surgical specialties.
A certified General Surgeon is one who has acquired during training specialized knowledge and experience related to the diagnosis, preoperative, operative, and postoperative management, including the management of complications, in nine primary components of Surgery, all of which are essential to the education of a broadly based surgeon..." (more)
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