Surgery II (SUR412): Course Outline

General surgery

• Describe the Indications for surgery, Types of incisions, Wounds, types of wounds, factors affecting wound healing, care of wounds, Bandages and dressing, Trauma, and metabolic response to trauma
• Explain chest and abdominal trauma, Hemorrhage, hemostasis, and blood transfusion.
• Classification of shock, Fluid and electrolyte balance, Classification of body fluid changes, pre-, intra and postoperative fluid therapy.
• Precautions for Surgery in diabetic patients
• Classify Burns, Types, and degrees of Burns in Pediatrics and adults.
• Classify Grafts and types of Grafts, and Identify post-grafting precautions.
• Different types of tumors and their classifications.
• Discuss Preoperative assessment & preparation, Post-operative treatment, complications, and their management.
• Describe the Types of anesthesia, Local anesthetic agents and Regional anesthesia (spinal and epidural), Intravenous anesthetic agents, Muscle relaxants, Inhalational anesthetic agents, Anesthesia and associated diseases, Complications of anesthesia, Perioperative management, Recovery from anesthesia.
• Review Pain management and postoperative care.
• Identify Ulcers, sinuses, and fistulas
• Describe the operation performed on: the esophagus, stomach, intestine gall bladder, bile duct, spleen, pancreas, liver, abdominal wall, hernias, breast, kidneys, ureters, prostate, peritoneum, mesentery, and retroperitoneal space
• Describe the Indications of Transplantation, Post- Post-op-operative complications, and precautions of Transplantation of the liver and kidney.

Thoracic surgery pulmonary surgery

• Explain the Indications of pulmonary surgery, types of incisions, types of operation, complications of pulmonary surgery, drains, and tubes.
• Describe pneumonectomy, lobectomy, thoracoplasty, and Operations on the pleura.
• Recognize the types of Chest injuries, Causes, and management procedures.
• Describe the Diseases of the chest wall and pleura, Diseases of the Ronchi.
• Identify different types of Lung tumors and their classifications, Lung abscess, Hydatid disease of the lung, pulmonary embolism, Mediastinal masses, Problems related to diaphragm

Cardiac surgery

• Explain the Indications of Cardiac surgery, Special investigation procedures in cardiac surgery, Basic techniques in cardiac surgery, Types of incision, Types of operation, Complications of cardiac surgery, Lines, drains and tubes, Congenital heart disease acquired heart diseases, Diseases of the pericardium
• Describe the Indications of Cardiac Transplantation, Post-Operative Complications and precautions of Transplantation.

Vascular surgery

• Describe the Indications of Vascular surgery, Investigation in vascular disease types of operation, Complication of vascular surgery, arterial occlusion, Gangrene, amputation and its types, Aneurysm, Burgers disease, Raynaud‘s disease and syndrome, Varicose veins, Superficial and deep venous thrombosis, Venous hemorrhage, Lymph edema, Lymph adenitis and lymphomas.

Neurosurgery cranial surgery

• Describe the Indications of Cranial surgery, Special investigation in brain diseases and traumas, Types of operations and complications of cranial surgery
• Explain Traumatic brain injuries, Acute intracranial hematomas and Fractures of the skull
• Describe the intra-cranial abscess, intracranial tumors, intracranial aneurysm, and hydrocephalus.

   Surgery of vertebral column, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves

• Describe Dislocation and management of dislocation of the vertebral column, Tumors of the vertebral column
• Explain Prolapse intervertebral disc, Disc protrusion, Spondylosis and spondylolisthesis.
• Classify Spinal cord injuries and syndromes.
• Assess the level, complete, and incomplete spinal cord injuries and rehabilitation potential.
• Describe the Surgical, medical Management and post-operative care of Spinal cord injuries.
• Describe Tumors of spinal cord types of operations performed on nerves, Nerve injuries ,and their surgical management,
• Describe the lesions of cranial and spinal nerves and their management.

• Demonstrate the pre-and post-operative care of patients.
• Describe presentations of major surgical problems, and establish correlations among clinical observation, surgical (operative) pathology, and the physiological alterations achieved through surgery.
• Differentiate the surgical health care delivery to both inpatients and outpatients in a variety of settings.
• Describe the surgical management of the disease.
• Recognize the entire treatment cycle of the surgical patient from diagnosis to operative management and through recovery.