General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on alimentary canal and abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland.
Surgical Gastroenterology is a sub-speciality dealing with the management of diseases related to the human gastrointestinal tract involving the organs namely oesophagus, stomach, pancreas, liver, gall bladder and biliary tract, small and large intestine, rectum and anus. It is a well recognized specialty today.
