The textbook is compiled in accordance with the working programme of the discipline «General Surgery» for students studying at the specialty 31.05.01 medical science.
The purpose of the textbook is to systematize the requirements for the compilation of academic medical history by students when they master the practical skills of clinical examination and differential diagnosis in patients with surgical pathology.
Medical history is the most important medical and legal document, which is prepared for each patient who is under examination or treatment in hospital. The questions of preparing students for the supervision of surgical patients are considered, the basic rules and peculiarities of drawing up all sections of the academic medical history are outlined.

Textbook is intended for students of the medical, dental and pediatric faculties, interns and clinical residents for an in-depth study of the basics of surgery, as well as for doctors of practical health care. Textbook provides an idea of surgical infection, the main acts that regulate the rules for the prevention and treatment of nosocomial infection, the main types of surgical infection, methods and principles of diagnosis and treatment.

Учебное пособие предназначено для студентов лечебного, стоматологического и педиатрического факультетов, ординаторов для углубленного изучения основ хирургии, а также для врачей практического здравоохранения. В пособии дано представление о хирургической инфекции, основных актах, регулирующих правила профилактики и лечения внутрибольничной инфекции, основных видах хирургической инфекции, методах и принципах диагностики и лечения.