General surgery is a technical discipline that includes general principles (such as wound healing, metabolic and endocrine response to injury) as well as the treatment of systemic and local problems in the body with surgical methods and has influenced many surgical and basic medicine branches in terms of their development.

Surgery is one of the oldest branches of medicine and is based on repairing diseases, injuries, structural defects in the body that cannot be cured with medication or other treatment methods, or cutting out the diseased organ or tissue and transforming it into its natural and appropriate form.

Surgery types are often referred to by the name of the organ or the system it is connected to. Goiter (thyroid gland), breast, esophagus (esophagus), stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, anus, hernias, liver, gall bladder, bile ducts, endoscopic and laparoscopic surgical interventions are included in the field of General Surgery. When divided according to systems; Goiter operations, breast surgeries, esophagus, stomach, duodenum, small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus region surgeries, liver and hernia surgeries are covered by General Surgery. In some cases, General Surgery aims to prevent surgery not only by surgery but also by preventive medicine.

The Department of General Surgery works in cooperation and coordination with many disciplines due to the wide area of ​​interest. Various types of cancer cases constitute the majority of General Surgery patients.

Another area of ​​interest of General Surgery is traumatology. General Surgery Department undertakes the coordination of medical branches especially in severe multi-organ injuries.

In the General Surgery Departments of our hospitals, screening and detailed follow-up programs are also carried out for the early diagnosis of colon cancer and breast cancer, with the awareness of social responsibility for improving public health.