CHIRURGIA GENERALE UROLOGIA E DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI - canale 2

Learning Objectives

• GENERAL SURGERY, UROLOGY and DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING
  1. Introduction and tutoring the student to the general aspects and knowledge of pathophysiology of surgical diseases and to main symptoms and semeiolgy, diagnostic work-up and finally to the principles of surgical treatment.
  2. Knowledge of the main perioperative issues and problems concerning the most frequent surgical procedures
  3. Knowledge of the main procedures and diagnostic tools for the preoperative evaluation and scheduling of surgical patients.

Course Structure

• GENERAL SURGERY, UROLOGY and DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING
  • GENERAL SURGERY

  1) Theoretical lectures and meetings with inclusion of clinical and methodological workup based on pathophysiology of differnt diseases and different clinical cases.

  2) Presentation of true clinical cases , if possible particular or common and frequent cases using also pictures and patients’s data and also intraoperative pictures.

  3) Preseantation of movies concerning surgical procedures to show and discuss also diagnostic workup

  4) By need and request : Tutored Practice at the Emergency dept.or surgical Unit at the Cannizzaro Hospital.

• UROLOGIA

  pratical course

Detailed Course Content

• GENERAL SURGERY, UROLOGY and DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING
  • MAIN ISSUES GENERAL SURGERY

  1) Hernias and incisional hernia : General aspects and knowledge Classification and treatment


  2)Biliary diseases , gallstones , jaundice : General aspects, classification and treatment


  3) Surgical diseases of the oesophagus . GERD

  4) Bowel Obstruction

  5) Abdominal stomas

  6) Acute Pancreatitis General aspects and pathophysiology

  7) Shock : Hypovolemic and septic – General aspects ,causes and tratment

  8) Tumural diseases of the digestive tract : General aspects and symptoms.


  9) Bleedings syndroms of digestive tract dell’apparato digerente (portal hypertension, esofageal varices, melena, rettal bleeding

  10) Appendicitis, diverticolitis, colecistitis e peritonitis


  11) Diverticular disease of the colon


  13) Politrauma and abdominal trauma. Generalità , definizioni complicazioni gestione pre ed itraospedaliera

  14) Drains, Nasogastric tube, catheters

Textbook Information

• GENERAL SURGERY, UROLOGY and DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING
  • GENERAL SURGERY

  1) CHIRURGIA di RENZO DIONIGI - Edi: Elsevier

  2) ANY ACTUAL (> 2010 BOOK) CONCERNING SURGERY FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS or NURSES