01594 - General Surgery

Academic Year 2020/2021

  • 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) Organization of liver transplantation (perioperative phase)

2) Organization of a liver transplant center and its role in a "hub and spoke" context

3) Indications, techniques and results of liver transplantation

4) Kidney transplantation

5) Organizazion of a program of diagnosis and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

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.

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

See the website of Matteo Cescon