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	An outline of the subject areas covered on the certification examination is included to help candidates prepare for the exam. Candidates should review this outline carefully and focus study on the areas listed. Candidates should be aware that the outline reflects the responses to practice-analysis questionnaires and enables codification of the examination for subsequent analysis of the results. Each question is linked to a specific area of the outline. No question is meant to be obscure or tricky. The percentage of questions in an area conveys the relative importance of each area of the examination. The information in the outline is meant to serve as a study aid only and not as a guarantee of success in taking the certification examination.</p>
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	<b><font size="4">General Surgery Classification System </font> </b></p>
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					<b>Subject Area </b></div>
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					<b># of Questions on Exam </b></div>
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				<div align="center">
					1</div>
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				Amputation</td>
			<td align="center">
				5</td>
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					2</div>
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				Anesthesia</td>
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				5</td>
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					3</div>
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				Biomaterials</td>
			<td align="center">
				3</td>
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			<td>
				<div align="center">
					4</div>
			</td>
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				Breast Surgery</td>
			<td align="center">
				11</td>
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			<td>
				<div align="center">
					5</div>
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				Endocrine Surgery</td>
			<td align="center">
				6</td>
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					6</div>
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				Gynecology</td>
			<td align="center">
				3</td>
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				<div align="center">
					7</div>
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				Hernias of the Abdominal Wall</td>
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				12</td>
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					8</div>
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				Laparoscopy</td>
			<td align="center">
				11</td>
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				<div align="center">
					9</div>
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				Laser, Cautery, &amp; Harmonic Scalpel</td>
			<td align="center">
				8</td>
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				<div align="center">
					10</div>
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				Metabolic Care - Fluids &amp; Electrolytes</td>
			<td align="center">
				11</td>
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			<td>
				<div align="center">
					11</div>
			</td>
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				Nervous System</td>
			<td align="center">
				4</td>
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			<td>
				<div align="center">
					12</div>
			</td>
			<td align="center">
				Pediatric Surgery</td>
			<td align="center">
				4</td>
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			<td>
				<div align="center">
					13</div>
			</td>
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				Physiological Response to Injury &amp; Surgery</td>
			<td align="center">
				9</td>
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			<td>
				<div align="center">
					14</div>
			</td>
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				Physiology of Burns</td>
			<td align="center">
				4</td>
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				<div align="center">
					15</div>
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				Physiology of Wound Healing</td>
			<td align="center">
				8</td>
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				<div align="center">
					16</div>
			</td>
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				Shock &amp; Circulatory Collapse</td>
			<td align="center">
				9</td>
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				<div align="center">
					17</div>
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				Surgery of Integument</td>
			<td align="center">
				9</td>
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			<td>
				<div align="center">
					18</div>
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				Surgery of the Colon, Rectum, &amp; Anus</td>
			<td align="center">
				10</td>
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			<td>
				<div align="center">
					19</div>
			</td>
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				Surgery of the Head and Neck</td>
			<td align="center">
				6</td>
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			<td>
				<div align="center">
					20</div>
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				Surgery of the Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract</td>
			<td align="center">
				10</td>
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			<td>
				<div align="center">
					21</div>
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				Surgery of the Spleen</td>
			<td align="center">
				9</td>
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			<td>
				<div align="center">
					22</div>
			</td>
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				Surgery of the Stomach and Small Intestines</td>
			<td align="center">
				9</td>
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			<td>
				<div align="center">
					23</div>
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				Surgery of the Thorax</td>
			<td align="center">
				4</td>
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			<td>
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					24</div>
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				Surgical Infection, Abscess, &amp; Fluid Collection</td>
			<td align="center">
				9</td>
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			<td>
				<div align="center">
					25</div>
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				Surgical Oncology</td>
			<td align="center">
				9</td>
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				<div align="center">
					26</div>
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				Surgical Radiology</td>
			<td align="center">
				4</td>
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			<td>
				<div align="center">
					27</div>
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				Transplantation</td>
			<td align="center">
				1</td>
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			<td>
				<div align="center">
					28</div>
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				Urology</td>
			<td align="center">
				2</td>
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			<td>
				<div align="center">
					29</div>
			</td>
			<td align="center">
				Vascular Surgery</td>
			<td align="center">
				5</td>
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	<br />
	<font size="4"><b>Surgery Examination Study References </b> </font><br />
	<br />
	You may wish to use the study materials to prepare for the <b>written</b> certification or recertification examinations. The Examinations Committee uses these references to create questions for the examinations.</p>
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