Otolaryngology is considered a surgical subspeciality, at least in the US. "The first year includes experience in general surgery ... The last four years of re

Otolaryngology is considered a surgical subspeciality, at least in the US. "The first year includes experience in general surgery ... The last four years of residency are devoted to otolaryngology–head and neck surgery training." [1] Now, surgeons are supposed to avoid cutting where they can. The better ones do so. Same principle applies to orthopedists for that matter. [1]https://freida.ama-assn.org/specialty/otolaryngology-head-and-neck-surgery https://freida.ama-assn.org/specialty/otolaryngology-head-an...