Learning objectives
To reach a correct approach to the surgical patient. To be acquainted with the most frequent surgical diseases and with the pathologies commonly observed during pregnancy
Prerequisites
Examinations of the preceeding year to be passed
Course unit content
<br />1. Brief summary of abdominal anatomy and physiology<br />2. Anamnesis, objective examination, instrumental diagnosis<br />3. Abdominal pain and acute abdomen<br />4. Peritonitis<br />5. Intestinal obstruction<br />6. Hypovolemic, cardiogen, septic shock<br />7. Jaundice<br />8. Cholecystolithiasis and complications (acute cholecystitis, pancreatitis, etc.)<br />9. Hiatus hernia and abdominal hernia (inguinal and crural)<br />10. Piles and anal disease<br />11. Varices<br />12. Acute appendicitis<br />13. Acute diverticulitis<br />14. Wound healing<br />15. Infections
Full programme
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Bibliography
Okolicsanyi, Peracchia, Roncoroni. Malattie dell'apparato gastrointestinale. McGraw-Hill Ed., 2004
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