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surgeon
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In medicine, a surgeon is a medical doctor who performs surgery. Even though there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon is a licensed physician and received the same medical training as physicians before specializing in surgery.
A surgeon is a medical doctor who specializes in performing surgical procedures to treat diseases and injuries. Like other physicians, surgeons complete the same basic medical training before going on to specialize in surgery, and they must be licensed to practice medicine.
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Research
382,096 papers- The Surgeon's Role in Cardiogenic Shock.ReviewCurrent heart failure reports · 2021Sperry AE, Williams M, Atluri P et al.DOI: 10.1007/s11897-021-00514-1
- The Aging Surgeon Cohort: Their Impact on the Future of the Specialty.ReviewOral and maxillofacial surgery clinics of North America · 2022Drew SJ, Halpern LRDOI: 10.1016/j.coms.2022.02.005
- A surgeon's framework for the unplanned intraoperative consultation.ReviewLangenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Kumar S, Tatarian T, Palazzo FDOI: 10.1007/s00423-022-02733-z
- Surgeon's imposter syndrome: a systematic review.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025El Boghdady M, Ewalds-Kvist BDOI: 10.1007/s00423-024-03582-8
- Surgeon case volume and continence recovery following radical prostatectomy: a systematic review.ANZ journal of surgery · 2021Trieu D, Ju IE, Chang SB et al.DOI: 10.1111/ans.16491
- The cardiac surgeon's guide to artificial intelligence.ReviewCurrent opinion in cardiology · 2021Nedadur R, Wang B, Yanagawa BDOI: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000000888
- Sternal Wound Infection: A Surgeon's Nemesis.Annals of cardiac anaesthesia · 2024Sharma AKDOI: 10.4103/aca.aca_202_23
- A Surgeon's Armamentarium for Ocular Management in Facial Paralysis: A Comprehensive Review.ReviewThe Journal of craniofacial surgery · 2023Shokri T, Patel S, Weller C et al.DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000009089
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- Surgeon operating, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, circa 1990.JPEG
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- male form of label
- جراح
- female form of label
- лікарка-хірургиня
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- Surgeons
- ISCO-88 occupation class
- 2221
- P8168
- Port Moresby
- ISCO-08 occupation class
- 2211
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In medicine, a surgeon is a medical doctor who performs surgery. Even though there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon is a licensed physician and received the same medical training as physicians before specializing in surgery.
In some countries and jurisdictions, the title of 'surgeon' is restricted to maintain the integrity of the craft group in the medical profession. A specialist regarded as a legally recognized surgeon includes podiatry, dentistry, and veterinary medicine. It is estimated that surgeons perform over 300 million surgical procedures globally each year.
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