GENERAL SURGERY
cod. 14364

Academic year 2008/09
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
VIOLI Vincenzo
integrated course unit
4 credits
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Course unit structured in the following modules:

Learning objectives

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Teach students the biological and pathophysiological bases of general surgery

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

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Polytraumas. Visceral dislocations. Acute abdomen, Peritonitis, Intestinal occlusion. Mesenteric ischemia. Digestive hemorrhages. Icterus and cholestasis. Portal hypertension. Main neoplasms of general surgical interest. 

Full programme

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Bibliography

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Study materials will be provided to the students directly by the course professor. In-depth reading on the subject: Sabiston DCJr. Trattato di Chirurgia: le basi biologiche della moderna pratica chirurgica. Antonio Delfino Editore, Roma, 1999.

Teaching methods

Classroom lectures including the projection of a large quantity of visual and graphic materials, interacting directly with the students with a view to adapting the subject, not of specific competence to this course, to their learning -and, if necessary, to their applicative - requirements. <br />
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Assessment will be made through discussion of the topics treated in the lectures.

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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