SURGERY CLINIC (ATT SEM I)
cod. 14433

Academic year 2009/10
6° year of course - First 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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course unit
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Learning objectives

Knowledge of the main surgical aspects of cervical, thoracic and emergent abdominal pathology. <br />

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

 Pathology of Shock. General considerations. Hemorrhagic, traumatic and septic shock <br />
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Skin burns and caustications. <br />
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Necrosis, ulcer and gangrenes <br />
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Gas gangrene <br />
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Vascular pathology. Clinical picture, Diagnostic and Therapeutic approach to: arterosclerotic vascular disease. Aneurysms. Arterial thromboembolism of the lower limbs. Chronic obstructive arteriopathy of the lower limbs. Varicose Veins of Lower Limbs. Thrombophlebitises. <br />
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Thyroid gland. Clinical picture, Diagnostic and Therapeutic approach to: Acute and Subacute thyroiditis. Cystic Colloid Goiter, Toxic Goiter, Thyroid Carcinomas. MEN I, MEN II <br />
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Parathyroid glands. Hyperparathyroidisms. <br />
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Thorax and Lung. Closed blunt chest traumas and chest injuries. Pulmonary abscess. Bronchopulmonary tumors. Metastatic pulmonary tumors. Mediastinic syndrome. Mediastinitis. <br />
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Mammary gland. Brief review of anatomy and physiology. Diagnostic and Therapeutic approach to: Phlogistic pathologies. Benign neoformations. Mammary carcinoma. <br />
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Esophagus. Brief review of anatomy and physiology. Diagnostic and Therapeutic approach to: Motor dysfunctions: Achalasy, Diffuse esophageal spasm. GER and esophagitis. Congenital and acquired malformations. Traumatic and caustic injuries. Esophageal diverticuli. Diaphragmatic hernias. Hiatal hernias. Barrett's esophagus. Benign and malign tumors. <br />
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Abdominal traumatology. Closed traumas. Abdominal injuries. <br />
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Peritoneum. Diffuse acute peritonitis. Subphrenic abscesses. Circumscribed pelviperitonitis. Ascites. Hemoperitoneum. <br />
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Intestinal occlusion. Mechanical ileus. Dynamic ileus. <br />

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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