SURGICAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

Degree course: 
Corso di Long single cycle degree (6 years) in MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2018/2019
Year: 
3
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2020/2021
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Credits: 
3
Period: 
Second semester
Standard lectures hours: 
36
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (24 hours), Seminar (12 hours)
Assessment: 
Voto Finale

The course will analyze in detail the pathophysiological aspects of the main surgical pathologies concerning the gastro-enteric tract, liver and biliary tract, pancreas, breast, spleen and lymph nodes, endocrine pathology (thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands), the pathophysiology of peritoneum, abdominal trauma , diaphragm pathologies, urinary pathologies, transplants, shock, postoperative infectious complications, intestinal obstruction, and acute abdomen, digestive haemorrhages and intestinal ischemia, inflammatory bowel diseases and syndrome of short bowel, the pathology of the abdominal wall (hernias and laparoceles)

The course will be divided into specific lessons treating the physiopathology of:
- Postoperative complications; surgical wound infections
- Peritoneal disease
- Abdominal trauma
- Shock
- Intestinal obstruction and acute abdomen
- Digestive hemorrhage and intestinal ischemia
- Breast diseases
- Oesophageal pathologies
- Gastric, duodenal, biliary and pancreatic pathologies
- Small intestine and appendix
- Inflammatory intestinal diseases
- Hernias
- Diaphragm
- Spleen surgical diseases and lymphadenopathy
- Endocrinosurgical diseases (thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas and adrenals)
- Transplants
- Urologic diseases

R. Dionigi. Chirurgia. Basi teoriche e chirurgia generale - Chirurgia specialistica vol.1-2. Ed. Edra, Milano, 2017

The course will be structured in lectures with slides (including different illustrations) followed by a moment of discussion about the topic of the day with the possibility of questions and direct interaction with the students.