General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland. 

It also deals with diseases involving the skin, breast, soft tissue, accident and trauma, Peripheral artery disease and hernias and also performing endoscopic procedures such as gastroscopy and colonoscopy.