(Shared with the General Surgery part of the GI Track)

General aspects of perioperative medicine:
• physiopathology of the response to surgical trauma
• surgical infections
• nutrition in surgery
• the concept of ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery)
Surgical management of the following digestive and abdominal disorders: Indications, techniques,
results
• benign disorders of the esophagus: Diverticula, Achalasia Gastroesophageal reflux
• malignant neoplasms of the esophagus
• benign disorders of the stomach: volvulus, foreign bodies, benign neoplasms
• malignant neoplasms of the stomach
• benign disorders of the small and large bowel , benign neoplasms, IBD , volvulus, intestinal
occlusion
• malignant neoplasms of the small and large bowel
• disorders of the anus: Fissures, Hemorroids, fistula, neoplasms, condylomata
• benign disorders of the liver: cysts, angiomas, adenomas , nodal focal hyperplasia
• malignant neoplasms of the liver: primary and metastatic
• liver transplantation
• portal hypertension
• benign disorders of the bile ducts: lithiasis of the gallbladder, and of the intra- and
extrahepatic ducts
• malignant neoplasms of the bile ducts
• benign disorders of the pancreas: acute and chronic pancreatitis, cysts and pseudocysts
• endocrine neoplasms of the pancreas
• malignant neoplasms of the pancreas
• disorders of the spleen
Anatomy, physiopathology, natural history and surgical repair of abdominal hernias: hiatal and
other diaphragmatic hernias, inguinal and crural, hernias, incisional hernias, general aspects of less
common hernias (epigastric, lateral ventral, ischiatic, obturator hernias)
Acute abdomen: peritonitis, intestinal occlusion, hemoperitoneum: Clinical features, assessment
and surgical management.
Transplantation of the the lung, the pancreas, the small bowel the kidney