Surgery is the basic subject of clinical medicine, which includes several modules: general surgery, extraosseous surgery, urology, cardiothoracic surgery, psychiatry, plastic surgery, burn surgery, field surgery and so on. Modern surgery not only includes the knowledge and skills of diagnosis, prevention and treatment of the above diseases, but also includes the research on the occurrence and development of diseases. Different modules are subdivided into many research directions.

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Surgery is an important part of medical science, and its category is formed in the whole historical development of medicine, and it is constantly changing.

In ancient times, the scope of surgery was limited to some superficial diseases and injuries; However, with the development of medicine, the etiology and pathology of diseases in various systems and organs of human body have been clearly understood, and with the continuous improvement of diagnostic methods and surgical techniques, the scope of modern surgery has included many internal diseases.