Surgery

From Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice Wiki

Surgery are a set of specialties that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance, or sometimes for some other reason. An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical procedure, operation, or simply surgery.

[edit] Surgical Specialties

• Cardiothoracic Surgery (sometimes separated into Thoracic Surgery and Cardiac Surgery)
• General Surgery (sometimes separated into Colon and Rectal Surgery and Vascular Surgery)
• Neurological Surgery
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgery
• Otolaryngology
• Pediatric Surgery (sometimes incorportated into General Surgery)
• Plastic Surgery
• Urology

Depending on state and country, surgical specialities may be defined and trained in using different methods. This list is meant to cover most surgical specialities broadly and is not a definitive list and does not include sub-specialties.