- Docente: Leonardo Solaini
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/18
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 5905)
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from Oct 21, 2025 to Nov 18, 2025
Course contents
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Indications, main surgical techniques, outcomes, and complications
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Hiatal Hernias
Surgical aspects, indications, and corrective techniques
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs)
Diagnosis, staging, surgical and medical treatment
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD)
Clinical features and surgical indications in Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
Retroperitoneal Sarcomas
Principles of diagnosis and surgical management
Thyroid Nodule and Tumors of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands
Staging, surgical indications, and operative strategies
Intestinal Resections and Anastomoses – Types of Stomas
Technical principles, indications, and management
Colorectal Cancer
Clinical presentation, staging, and basic surgical principles
Diverticular Disease of the Colon
Classification, diagnosis, and therapeutic principles
Adrenal Glands: Anatomy, Pathophysiology, and Surgical Pathologies
Cushing’s syndrome, pheochromocytoma, primary hyperaldosteronism, adrenal incidentalomas
Readings/Bibliography
1) Slides
2) Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice
Assessment methods
The final examination is oral, consisting of at least 1–2 questions on topics covered during the lectures. The final grade will be the average of the marks obtained for answers to questions from the subjects included in the Integrated Course.
Teaching tools
All materials presented during the lectures will be made available to students.
Office hours
See the website of Leonardo Solaini