PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
Stampa
Enrollment year
2019/2020
Academic year
2021/2022
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
MED/19 (PLASTIC SURGERY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Course
CHILDHOOD NEURO AND PSYCOMOTRICITY
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (01/03/2022 - 17/06/2022)
ECTS
2
Lesson hours
16 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
ORAL TEST
Teacher
NICOLETTI GIOVANNI (titolare) - 2 ECTS
Prerequisites
The student should know Physiology, General Pathology and Anatomy.
Learning outcomes
The Plastic Surgery body of knowledge is founded on solid biological and anatomical bases and involves a huge variety of clinical scenarios the health professional has to face in her/his everyday practice.
The scope of the course is to build a solid knowledge that would allow the health professional to recognize and understand the wide spectrum of pathologies that require the Plastic Surgery expertise.
Course contents
1 Wound healing and scar pathology
2 Techniques of suture
3 Grafts
4 Transplants
5 Implants
6 Advanced technologies in Plastic Surgery:
a VAC therapy
b LASER and IPL
c Radiofrequencies
d Ultrasounds
7 Skin tumours
a Basal cell carcinoma
b Squamous cell carcinoma
c Melanoma
8 Principles of oncological reconstructive surgery:
a Breast reconstruction
b Head and neck reconstruction
i. Scalp and forehead reconstruction
ii.Eyelid reconstruction
iii.Nose reconstruction
iv.Ear reconstruction
v.Lip reconstruction
vi.Reconstruction of the oral cavity
vii.Mandible reconstruction
9 Burns
10 Soft tissue trauma (compartment syndrome)
11 Soft tissue infectious diseases (necrotizing fascitis)
12 Principles of hand surgery:
a Functional anatomy of the hand
b Nerve compression syndromes
c Tendon injuries
d Dupuytren's disease
f Chronic tenosynovitis
g Hand reconstruction
13 Hemangiomas and vascular malformations
14 Facial rehanimation
15 Difficult to heal wounds
16 Congenital pathology:
a Craniofacial malformations and syndromes (cleft lip and palate, craniosynostosis, craniofacial syndromes, craniofacial clefts)
b Congenital anomalies of the hand
c Genital malformations and reconstruction
17 Aesthetic surgery
Teaching methods
Interactive lessons.
Reccomended or required readings
Angela Faga. CHIRURGIA PLASTICA - RICOSTRUTTIVA ED ESTETICA. Third Edition. Elsevier-Masson.
Assessment methods
Optional course, no oral exam is required.
Further information
Optional course, no oral exam is required.
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030