84470 - Abdominal Surgery

Academic Year 2020/2021

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 9210)

Learning outcomes

Summarize the principles and applications of surgical procedures for abdominal diseases.

Course contents

- Benign upperGI diseases: gastro-oesophageal reflux and achalasia

- Malignant upperGI diseases: esophageal and gastric cancer

- Benign HPB disease: benign lesions, gallstone disease, cholecystitis, diseases of the common bile duct, acute and cronic pancreatitis requiring surgery

- Malignant HPB: hepatic, bile duct and pancreatic cancer

- Benign colorectal and small bowel diseases requiring surgery: bowel malrotation, diverticulitis, hemorrhoidal disease

- Inflammatory Bowel Disease

- Malignant colorectal diseases

- Primary, recurrent and incisional hernias

Readings/Bibliography

Current Surgical Therapy, 13th edition

ISBN 9780323640596

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons (alternatively, if required by the COVID-19 rules, lessons on Teams)

Assessment methods

Oral exam

Teaching tools

Surgical websites

Surgical videos

Office hours

See the website of Matteo Rottoli