SURGERY CLINIC (ATT SEM II)
cod. 14432

Academic year 2009/10
5° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Chirurgia generale (MED/18)
Field
Clinica generale medica e chirurgica
Type of training activity
Characterising
0 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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Learning objectives

Knowlwdge of surgical pathology regarding stomach, small intestine, colon, rectum, anus and abdominal wall.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

 Hernias. Clinical picture, Diagnostic and Therapeutic approach to: Inguinal hernia. Crural hernia. Umbilical hernia. Epigastric hernia. Incisional hernia. Rare hernias. <br />
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Stomach. Clinical picture, Diagnostic and Therapeutic approach to: Acute hemorrhagic gastritis. Gastric and duodenal ulcers. Pyloris: Congenital stenosis, Acquired stenosis. Gastric precancerosis. Benign gastric neoplasias. Gastric cancer. Gastric remnant-stump cancer. Postgastrectomy postprandial syndromes. <br />
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Small intestine. Clinical picture, Diagnostic and Therapeutic approach to: Meckel's diverticulum, non-Meckelian diverticulums. Intestinal invagination. Crohn's disease. Intestinal infarct. Chronic intestinal ischemia. Benign and malign tumors. Aorto-mesenteric compass. <br />
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Large intestine. Clinical picture, Diagnostic and Therapeutic approach to: Acute appendicitis. Volvuluses. Ulcerous rectocolitis. Crohn's disease. Diverticular disease. Hirschsprung's disease. Caecal angiodysplasia. Transitory ischemic colitis. Polyposis. Colon cancer. <br />
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Rectum and anal canal. Clinical picture, Diagnostic and Therapeutic approach to: Hemorrhoids. Anal rhagades. Perianal abscesses and fistulas. Anal and rectal fistulas. Rectal cancer. Anal cancer. <br />
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Pilonidal cysts and fistulas. <br />
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Full programme

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Bibliography

Brunicardi FC et al.: Schwartz - Manuale di Chirurgia, McGraw-Hill 2008 <br />
Stipa S.: Manuale di Chirurgia, Monduzzi Ed. <br />
Dionigi R: Chirurgia, Ed. Masson <br />
Colombo C: Trattato di Chirurgia, Ed. Minerva Medica <br />
Gallone L: Patologia Chirurgica, Casa Ed. Ambrosiana <br />
Sabiston DC: Trattato di Chirurgia, Delfino Ed. <br />
Peracchia A, Okolicsanji L, Roncoroni L: Malattie dell'Apparato Gastrointestinale - 4a ed., McGraw-Hill 2008 <br />

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