36814 - General Surgery 1

Learning outcomes

BASIC CLINICAL INFORMATIONS, METHOD TO OBTAIN DIAGNOSIS. EXPLANATION OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS ACCORDING PHYSIOPATHOLOGY. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE DO UNDERSTAND THE BASIC INFORMATIONS, SIGNS , SYMPTOMS AND PHISIOPATHOLOGY OF THE MAIN DISEASES.

tHESE ARE THE BASIS TO UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE COURSES 

Course contents

1-EXAMINATION OF SURGICAL PATIENT

2-SHOCK AND TRAUMAS

3-ACUTE ABDOMEN (OCCLUSION , PERITONITIS)

4-THYROID DISEASES

5-PARATHYROIDE DISEASES

6-ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES

7-DIGESTIVE BLEEDING

8- PORTAL HYPERTENSION

9- BILIARY TRACT DISEASES

10-PANCREAS DISEASES (ACUTE AND CHRONIC PANMCREATITIS, BENIGN AND MALIGNANT TUMORS AND, NEUROENCODRINE TUMORS)

11-SPLEEN DISEASES

12-ACUTE APPENDICITIS

13-ANAL AND PERINEAL DISEASES

 14-BREAST DISEASES

15-ABDOMINAL HERNIAS

Readings/Bibliography

SLIDES. SUGGESTED BOOKS: Chirurgia Generale (Dionigi); "Sabiston"

Teaching methods

slides and clinic cases

Assessment methods

ORAL EXAMINATION INCLUDING SURGICAL AND MEDICAL QUESTIONS. FINAL SCORE RELATED TO THE TWO QUESTIONS

Teaching tools

slides and videos

Office hours

See the website of Giorgio Ercolani

See the website of Alessandro Cucchetti