- Docente: Paolo Bernante
- Credits: 2
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 5904)
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from Nov 07, 2025 to Dec 10, 2025
Learning outcomes
The module, which requires a quick recall and reuse of the notions of Surgical Anatomy and Applied Pathophysiology learned in previous years, aims to provide students with the definition and discussion of the main diseases of the gastrointestinal system and the endocrine organs. The course is conducted over 16 hours of lectures in close collaboration with the lecturers of other modules (see Educational Objectives). At the end of the course, the student has the necessary skills and knowledge to identify the main diseases mentioned using the correct diagnostic pathway, which is essential for their definition and for the appropriate surgical therapeutic indications.
Course contents
1. Obesity and metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS)
2. Surgery of the thyroid gland: neoplasia, hyperthyroidism
3. Surgery of the parathyroid glands: hyperparathyroidisms
4. Surgery of the adrenal glands
5. Foregut surgery
6. Hindgut surgery
7. Surgery of the biliary tract
Readings/Bibliography
www.websurg.com
Teaching methods
theoretical sessions
clinical cases
Assessment methods
oral examination
Teaching tools
experimental cooperation with the Anatomic Center
Office hours
See the website of Paolo Bernante
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.