01594 - General Surgery

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Docente: Matteo Cescon
  • Credits: 2
  • SSD: MED/18
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Nursing and Midwifery Sciences (cod. 8488)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student should possess knowledge and capacities that amplifies and reinforce contents, theoretical interpretation models, and operative and research methods belonging to nursing and obstetric sciences acquired during the first teaching cycle regarding innovative issues of surgical assistance. 

Course contents

1)    General concepts in HPB surgery
2)    Evaluation of the patient submitted to HPB surgery
3)    Indications, techniques and results of liver transplantation
4)    Organization of liver transplantation (perioperative phase)
5)    Surgical treatment of pancreatic malignancies
6)    Laparoscopy – General principles and main procedures

Readings/Bibliography

No particular textbook is suggested, except the scientific papers cited in the presentations used for the lectures.

Teaching methods

The teaching method is represented by traditional lectures, with frequent reporting of real situations encountered during the surgical activities reported.

Assessment methods


Teaching tools

The teaching material is made of Powerpoint presentations for every topic discussed, including references (scientific papers) supporting data reported during the lectures, which can be used as a further tool for improving knowledge.

Office hours

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