General Surgery is the specialty from which the other surgical specialties derive (Urology, Orthopedics, Plastic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, among others). Its objective is the diagnosis and treatment of pathologies that may require surgical intervention.
The main pathologies addressed in general surgery are:
– venous of the lower limbs – Varicose veins, deep venous thrombosis, telangiectasias;
– benign or malignant skin – Sebaceous cysts, lipomas, papillomas, nevus (signs), skin carcinomas or lesions suspected of malignancy, burns, pressure ulcers;
– upper digestive system – Jaundice, gallbladder and biliary lithiasis, pancreatitis, pancreatic and hepatic tumors, hepatic hydatid cyst, gastric tumors;
– the lower digestive tract – Tumors of the small and large intestine, Tumors of the anus, colonic diverticula;
– Coloproctological – Internal hemorrhoids, anal fissures, anal fistula, sinus pilonidalis, rectal prolapse, fecal incontinence, chronic constipation, difficulty defecating, anal pain, anal or rectal polyps;
– abdominal wall – Inguinal, femoral, ventral hernias, incisional hernia – eventrations.
Specialist Doctors
Dr Fernando Fernandes
Professor Doutor Henrique Bicha Castelo
