GENERAL SURGERY
cod. 14378

Academic year 2010/11
5° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Chirurgia generale (MED/18)
Field
Clinica generale medica e chirurgica
Type of training activity
Characterising
6.4 hours
of face-to-face activities
0.8 credits
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course unit
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Integrated course unit module: SURGERY CLINIC (ATT SEM I 5TH YR)

Learning objectives

Knowledge of the main surgical aspects of cervical, thoracic and emergent abdominal pathology.

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Course unit content

Pathology of Shock. General considerations. Hemorrhagic, traumatic and septic shockSkin burns and caustications.Necrosis, ulcer and gangrenesGas gangrene 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.Thyroid gland. Clinical picture, Diagnostic and Therapeutic approach to: Acute and Subacute thyroiditis. Cystic Colloid Goiter, Toxic Goiter, Thyroid Carcinomas. MEN I, MEN IIParathyroid glands. Hyperparathyroidisms.Thorax and Lung. Closed blunt chest traumas and chest injuries. Pulmonary abscess. Bronchopulmonary tumors. Metastatic pulmonary tumors. Mediastinic syndrome. Mediastinitis.Mammary gland. Brief review of anatomy and physiology. Diagnostic and Therapeutic approach to: Phlogistic pathologies. Benign neoformations. Mammary carcinoma.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.Abdominal traumatology. Closed traumas. Abdominal injuries.Peritoneum. Diffuse acute peritonitis. Subphrenic abscesses. Circumscribed pelviperitonitis. Ascites. Hemoperitoneum.Intestinal occlusion. Mechanical ileus. Dynamic ileus.

Full programme

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Bibliography


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

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