Description

General Surgery

It is the department that performs surgical intervention
in local and systemic problems in the body. General surgery service area
is wide. General surgery, which also looks at the category of wound
healing, uses it in anesthesia in its treatment. It intervenes according
to the first examination, x-ray and analysis results. Approval of the
patient is expected in all surgical operations. Treatment can be done with
laser system or open surgery options. It is treated in cases such as
injuries and deformities in the body. If surgery-related intervention is
required, he is brought to this department. General surgeons are experts
in general surgery diseases.

What are the features of this section?

It is a department that requires experience and skill.

It has been named as the department of foreign
affairs among the people. This name has been used since the Ottoman Empire.

Surgical departments consist of sections such
as the gastrointestinal system, abdominal contents, breast, skin and soft
tissue. In addition to these, we can count departments such as endocrine
and surgical intensive care, surgical oncology, trauma, burns and emergency
surgery. In addition to these, there are departments such as vascular
surgery and transplantation surgery.

Anesthesia is applied in all interventions.

Laser and open surgery options are applied.

Surgical departments

A – Gastrointestinal Surgery

Stomach

Esophagos

Pancreas

Liver

Gallbladder and bile ducts

It provides treatment services in categories such as
small intestine and large intestine.

B – Abdominal Contents section: It deals with hernia.

C – Breast and skin and soft tissue surgery: Deals with
skin and breast.

D – Surgical intensive care: It is the section after
surgery. It is the place where the error remains under observation after
surgery. In this section, the patient is constantly checked. When an
intervention is required, specialist doctors intervene.

E – Surgical Oncology: It deals with cancer cases. The
uptake of the cancerous cell or the uptake of the cancerous section is carried
out by this section. Testing of the cancer cell is also the specialty of
this department.

F – Trauma, Burn and Emergency Surgery: It is the section
most suffered by the victims. This department deals especially with
emergency cases. As a result of the accident, the specialist doctors of
this department intervene in the patient.

G – Vascular Surgery: It is the heart and vascular
department. All veins of the body are in this category. Operations
related to veins are performed in this section.

H – Transplantation Surgery

Pancreas

Liver

It is the department that deals with the kidney and
sometimes the small intestine organs. Surgical interventions for these
organs are performed in this section.

I – Endocrine System:

Thyroid

Parathyroidism

Goiter cancer

It deals with categories such as the
pancreas. Interventions related to these organs take place in this
section.

How do the operations related to general surgery?

These interventions take place in
fully-organized operating rooms. Before the intervention, nurses, doctors,
assistants and students are ready. Uniforms, masks and caps are available
to all staff in the operating room. Clothes specially produced for general
surgery are worn. It is cleaned every time. Cleaning is the most
important issue before surgery.

The first stage is anesthesia. The
patient should report important discomfort before surgery. Necessary
reports are taken from the departments dealing with these ailments. In
general anesthesia, the patient is put to sleep. In local anesthesia,
regional anesthesia is in question. The part to be operated should be
shaved. It should also be cleaned with a sterile substance. The
patient’s clothes are removed completely and the surgical gown is put on. The
cover with a hole in the middle is covered in the area to be operated.

Open or laser system is preferred in
intervention procedures. Cutting is done regionally. Vascular
ligation or cautery methods prevent bleeding. In surgical interventions,
the bone is sometimes cut. In heart surgery, the rib cage is cut, and in
brain surgery, the skull is cut. All these cutting operations are
performed with special surgical tools. General surgery department can
examine all parts of the body. Some fracture cases are considered in this
category.

Organ or cyst removal is performed in surgical
procedures. Damaged areas in the body are treated with procedures such as
cauterization and stitching. Technically, many methods are preferred. All
these methods are evaluated according to the patient’s condition.

State of patients after surgery

Surgical interventions have different
characteristics. Some of the patients who come out of the operation are
taken into intensive care. In this section, the patient is kept under
constant control. When the patient comes out of anesthesia, he stays in
the intensive care unit for a while. Patients in this department are
followed up regularly. The change of the sick diaper and the food needs of
the patients are carried out by the staff. Doctors regularly check the
patient’s progress. The patient stays in the intensive care unit until he
becomes normal. General surgery intensive care unit serves in this
category. When the patient shows improvement, he is taken to the normal
section. As long as the patient maintains his seriousness, he remains in
intensive care. In some cases, the patient can be
re-operated. Emergency intervention may be required, especially in serious
patients. There are no visitors to the intensive care unit.

Graft removal is performed especially in patients with
cancer. The sample taken in this process is sent to the pathology
department. This section analyzes the sample. According to the
pathology analysis results, a new treatment schedule is created for the
patient. General surgeons specialize in removing parts from cancerous
tissues (tumor). After the patient’s treatment is approved, he is
discharged in a short time.