The basic textbook consists of two parts. The first part covers the general issues of surgery, in particular the organization of surgical care, deontology and care of patients with a surgical profile, asepsis and antisepsis, bases of anesthesiology and resuscitation, hemostasis, blood transfusion, and surgical intervention.
The second part deals with the issues of surgical pathology, surgical infection and surgical diseases.
Numerous sections of general surgery, such as asepsis and antisepsis, anesthetics, blood transfusion, bleeding, shock, and the doctrine of wounds, are important for the study of not only surgery but also obstetrics, gynecology, urology, eye diseases, ear, throat and nose disorders.
A separate section of the textbook is devoted to modern methods of diagnostics and surgical treatment.
This textbook is useful for students of higher medical educational establishments — universities, institutes and academies