Medicine and Surgery

Contents: 1) Carcinoma of the pancreas: incidence of pancreatic neoplasia among the tumors of the digestive system; incidence of mortality among neoplasms both in Italy and abroad. Main predisposing biological causes and factors. Radiological diagnostics, ecoendoscopy, RM. Surgical treatment. 2) Gastric carcinoma: incidence and mortality among tumors of the digestive system. Importance of the histological type and how to spread the disease. Endoscopic, radiological and histopathological diagnostics. Surgical treatment. 3) Liver Primitive Tumors: HepatocellularCarcinoma and Cholangiocarcinoma. Presentation mode and clinical symptoms. Histopathological, radiological diagnostics. Method of surgical treatment. 4) Liver Metastasis. Presentation mode and clinical symptoms. radiological diagnostics. Method of surgical treatment. 5) Liver Transplantation. Indications and surgical Technique. 5) Kidney transplantation. Indications and surgical Technique

Requirements: The student should have passed the exams of the 5th year.

Suggested textbooks: ● Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, Elsevier/Saunders ● slides; reviews

mandatory

Evaluation methods: practical skills assessment and oral examination.

1) Carcinoma of the pancreas: incidence of pancreatic neoplasia among the tumors of the digestive system; incidence of mortality among neoplasms both in Italy and abroad. Main predisposing biological causes and factors. Radiological diagnostics, ecoendoscopy, RM. Main histological types and importance of lymph node diffusion. Importance of the mesopancreas. Surgical treatment. 2) Gastric carcinoma: incidence and mortality among tumors of the digestive system. Importance of the histological type and how to spread the disease. Endoscopic, radiological and histopathological diagnostics. Surgical treatment. 3) Retroperitoneal neoplasms: incidence of retroperitoneal sarcomas among all tumors. Presentation mode and clinical symptoms. Histopathological, radiological diagnostics. Method of surgical treatment.

The student should have passed the exams of the 5th year.

● Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, Elsevier/Saunders ● slides; reviews

Compulsory, in presence

practical skills assessment and oral examination.