Specialties and Allied Fields
- Cardiac surgery (in the USA considered part of cardiothoracic surgery)
- Colon and rectal surgery
- Dental surgery
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery
- Transplant surgery
- Upper gastrointestinal surgery
- Vascular surgery
- Maxillofacial surgery
- Neurological surgery
- Obstetrics and gynaecology
- Orthopaedic surgery
- Ophthalmology
- Otolaryngology
- Pediatric surgery
- Plastic surgery
- Podiatric surgery
- Surgical oncology
- Trauma surgery
- Thoracic surgery (in the USA considered part of cardiothoracic surgery)
- Urology
- Veterinary surgery
There are only about 1200 transplant surgeons.
Some physicians who are general practitioners or specialists in family medicine or emergency medicine may perform limited ranges of minor, common, or emergency surgery. Anesthesia often accompanies surgery, and anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists may oversee this aspect of surgery. First assistants, surgical nurses, surgical technologists and operating department practitioners are trained professionals who support surgeons.
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