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Aim of the course of General surgery is conveying to the students the competencies to:
Recognize signs, symptoms, the principal functional alterations and the principal differential diagnoses related to bowel obstruction, abdominal wall hernias, peritonitis, gastro-duodenal diseases, hepato-biliary diseases, pancreatic diseases, small and gross bowel diseases, paediatric gastro-intestinal malformations, and diseases of the arteries and veins.
Analyze and resolve clinical problems concerning the above mentioned diseases.
Evaluate cost/effective strategies related to the diagnosis and the treatment of the above mentioned diseases.
Add basic surgical knowledge
1. Gastric and duodenal ulcer; Gastric neoplasm
2. Pancreatic disease: acute and chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic neoplasm
3. Hepatic and biliary disease: gallstones and comorbidity, biliary neoplasm, hepatic neoplasm
4. Spleen pathology: splenomagaly and splenic trauma
5. Small-bowel, colonrectal and proctologic disease: acute appendectomy and inflammatory disease, diverticulitis, colonrectal and proctological neoplasm, rectal prolapse
6. Anorectal pathology (fistula, fissure, hemorrhoidis)
7. Hinguinal and umbilical hernia, laparocele
8. Breast pathology
9. Artery disease: aortic aneurysm, occlusive arterial disease, diabetic arteriopathy, cerebrovascular injury
10. Venous disease: primitive varices, post thrombotic syndrome: deep vein thrombosis treatment and prevention
11. Mediastinal and lung disease: pulmponary neoplasm, pneumothorax, mediastinal syndrome
12. GI hemorrhage: causes and clinical management
13. Peritonitis: causes and clinical management
14. Acute abdomen
Reference books | |||||
Author | Title | Publisher | Year | ISBN | Note |
Renzo Dionigi | Chirurgia | Masson Editore | 2017 |
Oral examination
1) verify of knowledge based on course's objectives and program
2 verify of knowledge learned during internship
3) opportunity to take a quiz
Urology' section: written examination (possible oral addition)
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