Tulsa, Oklahoma is home to 105 practicing general surgeons who have offices in 2 counties and 15 zip codes, including zip codes 74104, 74136, 74135, 74127, 74133, 74137, 74107, 74105, 74114, 74145, 74170, 74169, 74119, 74129, and 74106.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Tulsa has a population of 382,457, which gives it a specialist to resident ratio of 1 general surgeon for every 3,642 residents.

Oklahoma’s population is 3,547,884, and its largest city and centrally located capital is Oklahoma City. Oklahoma was recognized as a territory in 1890, but not accepted into the union as a state until 1907. Visitors to the capital can see the National Cowboy Hall of Fame or view the stockyards area, which is the largest cattle market in the world. Famous people from Oklahoma include singers Woody Guthrie, Garth Brooks and Vince Gill, actor and director Ron Howard, and humorist Will Rogers.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Oklahoma has a population of 3,547,884. Of this population, 803,170 are under the age of 18 and 456,686 are at or above the age of 65.

Description

General surgery can be performed on almost any area of the body. A general surgeon is a physician who performs surgery and provides preoperative, operative, and postoperative care to surgical patients. This surgeon can treat diseases, injuries or deformities by surgery or minimally invasive techniques, such as endoscopy, where a tiny scope is used to view internal organs or structures. The endoscope can be used during operating procedures, or before surgery, to diagnose, assess and treat problem areas.

Diseases / Illnesses Treated

Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are breast disease, thyroid disorders, hernia, breast cancer, crohn's disease, cystic fibrosis, cirrhosis, hepatitis, lymphoma, chronic renal failure, morbid obesity, adhesions, colorectal cancer, hirschsprung's disease, volvulus, thyroid cancer, kidney cancer, metastatic disease, toxic megacolon, and meckel's diverticulum.

Procedures Performed

Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including microsurgery, mastectomy, laser surgery, minimally invasive surgery, breast reconstruction, breast surgery, thyroid surgery, laparoscopic surgery, da vinci surgical system, bypass surgery, robotic surgery, resection, liver transplant, whipple procedure, kidney transplant, bariatric surgery, appendectomy, cholecystectomy, cryosurgery, and abdominal surgery.

Tests Performed

To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including  endoscopy, magnetic resonance imaging (mri), x-ray, computed axial tomography (ct or cat scan), electrocardiogram (ecg or ekg), biopsy, cardiac stress test, lower gi (barium enema), upper gi (barium swallow), and fecal occult bloodtest.