Editing General surgery (section)

=== Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery ===
General surgeons can specialise in Upper Gastro-intestinal (or [[foregut]]) surgery, which includes the surgical treatment of diseases of the [[stomach]] and [[Esophagus|oesophagus]], [[liver]], [[pancreas]] and [[gallbladder]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=sitecore\kshehan@rcseng.ac.uk |title=Surgical Specialties |url=https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/careers-in-surgery/trainees/foundation-and-core-trainees/surgical-specialties/ |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Royal College of Surgeons |language=en}}</ref> In the UK, Upper GI surgeons can subspecialise further as benign surgeons, dealing with [[Hiatal hernia|hiatus hernias]] and gallbladder diseases, bariatric surgeons, providing surgical care for [[weight management]] and metabolic diseases, or oesophago-gastric surgeons, dealing with complex problems related to the upper gastrointestinal tract (the foregut), including cancer. Surgical care of complex liver and pancreatic problems (including [[liver cancer]] and [[pancreatic cancer]]) is undertaken by [[Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery]] sub-specialists.