Department of General and Operative Surgery with Topographical Anatomy,
Traumatology and Orthopedics
Address: Shpytalna Street, 2, Ternopil, 46001
Tel: (0352) 250647, 525350
Department Staff: 5 professors, 10 associate professors, 8 assistant professors, 2
masters, 1 senior technician, 4 lab assistants.
Head of the Department – Prof. Deykalo I. M.
Teaching Process at the Department
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th year students of Medical Faculty; 2nd, 3rd year students of
Faculty of Dentistry; 2nd year students of Faculty of Pharmacy study at the
Department. Students study nursing in surgery, surgical patients care, general
operational surgery, topographical anatomy, traumatology and orthopedics of
military-field surgery, trauma and combustiology, methods of treatment of
patients, fundamentals of aesthetic plastic surgery. There is experimental
subdivision which includes vivarium with a modern laboratory for scientific
research. The Department was the first in Ukraine which introduced in its
educational process program of Propaedeutic of Surgical Diseases. For
optimization of its educational process, the department created 28 educational
films, published textbooks and CDs showing the procedures of the surgical patient.
Studying is in Ukrainian, Russian and English.
Corridors of the Department
Staff of General Surgery Department
Students work in the computer class
Professor Gerasymchuk P. O. is carrying out a practical session
Research
Study the course of wound healing in the breakdown of homeostasis in extreme
factors (shock, sepsis, diabetes). Development of differentiable approaches to
evidence-based pathogenic treatment of patients with 'foot syndrome of diabetic.'
Optimization of surgical treatment methods of patients with goiter,
hyperparathyroidism, benign and malignant adrenal tumors. Development of
production technology and use of xeroderma transplantation in patients with burns.
Major scientific achievements of the Department
Course of studies is investigated and the methods of correction of pathological
syndromes after resection of the stomach are elaborated.
Methods of preoperative and postoperative management of patients with diffuse
toxic syndrome are worked out.
Surgical methods of segmental liver resection and access to biliary ways via
intrahepatic entry are motivated.
Practical methods of diagnosis and treatment of thyrotoxicosis enteral syndrome
are developed.
Pathogenetic justification algorithm which includes the diagnosis and treatment of
'diabetic's foot syndrome' is created.
Technology for manufacturing xeroderma transplants and skin treatment methods
of patients’ burns using these transplantations is developed.
Methods of minimally invasive metal-osteosynthesis in treatment of fractures
were worked out and introduced into clinical practice.
Clinical Work
Clinical bases of the Department consists of: 2 surgical wards with 30 beds,
traumatology department with 65 beds, combustiology department with 30 beds,
department of reanimation and intensive therapy with 8 beds, diagnostic ward,
office-hospital ambulance. Employees of the clinic provide city and region
population with medical care in surgery, traumatology and burn injuries, give
consultations for patients of Municipal clinic №1, and organize scientific and
practical clinical-morphological conference meetings of surgeons in the region.
COMBUSTIOLOGY COURSE
Address: Shpytalna Steet, 2, Ternopil, 46001. Department of burn trauma and
plastic surgery, Ternopil Municipal Emergency Hospital
Tel: (0352) 223277, (0352) 223313, 220704
Staff: 1 professor, 2 assistant professors
Head of the Course - Laureate of the State Prize in Science and Technology of
Ukraine, MD, Professor Bihuniak Volodymyr Vasyliovytch
Teaching Process at the Department
The 3rd, 5th and 6th year students of Medical Faculty, doctors and interns study at
the Department. The textbook titled 'Burn Wounds' (section on plastic surgery and
clinical surgery), methodical recommendation is using lyophilized xeroderma
transplantation in combustiology is issued for students and doctors.
Methodological meeting
At the bedside of a patient
Professor Bihuniak V. V. is performing a practical session
Research
Study of changes in burn disease and improving of medical care with thermal
injuries. Optimization of transplanting skin in patients with thermal trauma and in
patients with wounds of burn etiology. Studying the effectiveness of using local
sources of skin rehabilitation for patients with burn trauma. Compressive use of
clothing and silicone plates for prophylaxis and treatment of burn wounds.
Major scientific achievements of the Department
The method of collection, cryoconservation, lyophilization and storage of pig skin
is developed.
The technique of lyophilized xeroderma transplants use for deep and surface
wounds is developed allows better treatment of patients with thermal injuries. This
reduces death rate from heavy burns in Ukraine by 30%.
Proposed new processing methods of lyophilized xeroderma transplantation were
proposed, using different temperatures during their treatment.
An enterprise “Combustiologist” was organized in 1993. It is the only
manufacturer of lyophilized xeroderma transplants in Ukraine. Each year,
“Combustiologist” produces over one million square centimeters of lyophilized
xeroderma transplants which are used by all burn treatment centers in Ukraine. In
2003 xeroderma transplantation of pig skin, which is produced in the laboratory
using a cryo vacuum preservation method in Ternopil State Medical Academy
named after I.Y. Gorbachevsky, was included in the list of the 100 best products of
Ukraine.
The Combustiology Department published 116 scientific papers, 9 authors'
certificates for inventions and 14 patents.
Clinical work
Patients with burn injuries are provided with medical-preventive care;
conservative and operative treatment. In the Department of Plastic Surgery there
are reconstructive operations for patients who suffer from burns, extreme cold and
congenital abnormalities.
Operative Surgery and Topographic Anatomy Course
Address: Glyboka Street, 19a, Ternopil, 46001, Tel. (0352) 245380
Staff: 1 Professor, 2 Associate Professors, 3 Assistant Professors, 1 laboratory
assistant
Head of the Course- MD, Professor Hnatiuk M. S.
Staff of the Course: Assistant professor Kuziv O.V., Assoc. prof. Slabyj O.B.,
head of the course professor Hnatiuk M.S., Assoc. prof. Harhula V.D.,
postgraduate student Yasinovskyi O.B., Assistant professor Kovalchuk M.F.,
Assistant professor Danilevich Y.O., postgraduate student Harhula T.I., laboratory
assistant Dzyubanovska O.B.
The 2nd, 3rd year students of Medical Faculty, 3rd year students of Faculty of
Dentistry, surgical interns study at the Department.
A seminar conducted by Associate Professor Harhula V. D.
Research
Hnatiuk M.S. - modeling of pathological processes, morphometrical research
on compensatory adaptation phenomena in bodies with lesions.
Harhula V.D - pacemaker function of the stomach, duodenum and its
importance in surgery on organs of gastrointestinal tract.
Kovalchuk M.F., Danilevich Y.O. - Comprehensive morphological
investigation of the heart and vessels pathology and surgery on organs of thoracic
and abdominal cavities.
Shev'yak P.I. - Structural and functional study of thyroid pathology.
Operating-room
Major scientific achievements of the Department
Doctoral thesis - Assoc. prof. Gerasimyuk I.Y. Assoc. prof. Shulhay A.G.;
Candidate thesis - Byelikova N.A., Shamray N.V., Rybitska L.N., Gnatko K.V.
Course team performs routine budget-scientific research work 'Morphofunctional
basis of adaptation process in the cardiovascular system at arterial hypertension in
large and small circles of blood circulation at different corrective impacts', № of
registration- 0104 U 004522 (2005-2007)