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General surgeons are often asked to see patients with pain from gallstones.
NEWYORKER: The Cost Conundrum
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It revealed that nearly three quarters of consultant general surgeons are working up to double their contracted hours because of changing work patterns and increased patient demand.
BBC: Risk from overworked surgeons
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"At every step of the way, the company carefully considered the data on ASR and actively engaged with surgeons about their general feedback on the ASR system, " he told BBC News.
BBC: Andrew Robathan
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This lack of regulation has allowed an increasing number of doctors of all types -- including gynecologists, general surgeons and even emergency medicine physicians -- to perform tummy tucks, liposuction, facelifts and breast enhancement.
CNN: Plastic surgery: 'Wild West' of medicine
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While electrophysiologists and heart surgeons traditionally handle these implants, more general cardiologists are doing them--leading some electrophysiologists to wonder if patient care will suffer (along with their own practices).
FORBES: First, Do No Harm
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While electrophysiologists and heart surgeons traditionally handle these implants, more general cardiologists are doing them-leading some electrophysiologists to wonder if patient care will suffer (along with their own practices).
FORBES: First, Do No Harm
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The iPhone really shines, however, on his trips to Latin America with Operation Rainbow, where he helps by fielding general medical complaints as a team of orthopedic surgeons provide free surgeries to the needy.
FORBES: Why You Don't Need An iPad
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Heartburn surgery, whether traditional or the newer variety, typically involves general anesthesia and a night in the hospital, surgeons say.
WSJ: New Surgical Option for Heartburn
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By 1983, according to a famous Harvard Business School case study, the hospital's 12 surgeons were each performing 80 hernia repairs a month, which is 20 times the number done by the typical general surgeon.
FORBES: Bad Medicine
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In the biggest ever medical disciplinary inquiry, the cases against two cardiac surgeons - James Wisheart and Dr Janardhan Dhasmana - and their manager, Dr John Roylance, were proven before General Medical Council on Friday, May 29.
BBC: Bristol's broken hearts