Specialties whose defining tool is the operation: fields trained and board certified around performing surgical procedures rather than managing disease medically. Belongs here: Surgery as the general field, Neurosurgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Urology, Otolaryngology, Ophthalmology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, the last grouped here because obstetric and gynecologic training centers on operative delivery and gynecologic surgery alongside medical management. Does not belong here: Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine, which support surgical and acute care but are not themselves operative specialties, grouped under hospital-based and diagnostic specialties.
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1. Surgery (Wikipedia)
WikipediaSurgery, definition, organ system
Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions...or to remove unwanted tissues, neoplasms and foreign bodies.
Surgery, definition, patient population
Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions...or to remove unwanted tissues, neoplasms and foreign bodies.
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