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Surgery I, II: Course Contents of Surgery II

Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions, to alter bodily functions, to reconstruct or alter aesthetics and appearance, or to remove unwanted tissues or foreign bodies.

Course Contents of Surgery, II Course code (SUR 412)

GENERAL SURGERY

  • Describe the Indications for surgery,
  • Types of incisions, Wounds, types of wounds, factors affecting wounds 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 post-operative fluid therapy.
  • precautions for Surgery in diabetic patients
  • Classify Burns, Types and degrees of Burns in pediatric and adults,
  • Classify Grafts, Types of Grafts, 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 anaesthesia, Local anaesthetic agents and Regional anaesthesia (spinal and epidural), Intravenous anaesthetic agents, Muscle relaxants, Inhalational anaesthetic agents,
  • Anaesthesia and associated diseases, Complications of anaesthesia, Perioperative management,
  • Recovery from anaesthesia.
  • Review Pain management and postoperative care.
  • Identify Ulcers, sinuses and fistulas
  • Describe operation performed on: oesophagus, 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- Operative Complications and precautions of Transplantation of liver and kidney.

PULMONARY SURGERY

  • Explain the Indications of pulmonary surgery, types of incision, types of operation, complications of pulmonary surgery, drains, and tubes.
  • Describe pneumonectomy, lobectomy, thoracoplasty and Operations on pleura.
  • Recognize the types of Chest injuries, Causes, management procedures.
  • Describe the Diseases of chest wall and pleura, Diseases of bronchi
  • Identify different types of Lung tumors and their classifications, Lung abscess, Hydatid disease of lung, pulmonary embolism, Mediastinal masses, Problems related to diaphragm
  • 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 diseaseAcquired heart diseases,Diseases of the pericardium
  • Describe the Indications of Cardiac Transplantation,
  • Post- Operative Complications and precautions of Transplantation.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Describe Dislocation and management of dislocation of vertebral column,

  • Tumors of 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.

Course Objectives

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Demonstrate the pre- and post-operative care of patients.

Describe presentations of major surgical problems, 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 disease.

Recognize the entire treatment cycle of the surgical patient from diagnosis to operative management and through recovery.

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