2018/2019

2020/2021

DM270

MED/18 (GENERAL SURGERY)

DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE

MEDICINE AND SURGERY (IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE) (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

PERCORSO COMUNE

3°

1st semester (01/10/2020 - 15/01/2021)

4

32 lesson hours

English

ORAL TEST

COBIANCHI LORENZO - 4 ECTS

MEDICAL SEMIOTICS, ANATOMY

aim of the course is acquiring the main clinical features and clinical presentation of surgical diseases.

Clinical features of the principal diseases of: stomach; pancreas; liver; colon; linphnodes; breast. Acute abdomen.
GENERAL SURGRY

Textbook: Sabiston Textbook of Surgery - The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice


Program

The abdomen: Symptoms, clinical features and principles of diagnosis and Therapy.
• Acute abdomen
• Oesophagitis
• Peptic ulcer
• Cholecystitis
• Appendicitis
• Pancreatitis
• Pancreatic Tumors
• Liver Tumors
• Colorectal cancer
• Jaundice
• Acute Meckel’s diverticulitis
• Acute diverticulitis of colon
• Portal Hypertension
• Gastrointestinal Bleedings
• Intestinal obstruction
• Peritonitis
• Abdominal Hernias
• Intestinal ischemia and infarction


The neck: Symptoms, clinical features and principles of diagnosis
• Cervical lymphadenopathy
• The thyroid gland

The breast: Symptoms, clinical features and principles of diagnosis
• Benign breast tumors
• Carcinoma of the female breast

Sabiston Textbook Surgery

Oral exam. The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of the basics of the surgical clinic, knowing how to present a clinical case and knowing the appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic path.