GENERAL SURGERY
15 ECTS credits
Total 10 weeks
4th year
Undergraduate
Lecture: 16 h/week
Clinical Practice: 24 h/week
Required
in Turkish
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Yavuz Selim İLHAN
Prof. Dr. Ziya ÇETİNKAYA
Prof. Dr. Erhan AYGEN
Doç. Dr. Refik AYTEN
Doç. Dr. Cüneyt KIRKIL
Yrd. Doç. Dr. Koray KARABULUT
Yrd. Doç. Dr. Mustafa GİRGİN
Aims and Objectives of the Course
This course aims to teach the students fallowing topics; Gastroenteric system and hepatobilier
systems` diseases and their surgical treatments; disease of organs and their clinical features,
etiopathogenesis, pathology; drugs affecting these systems and the pharmacological features,
and also basic and main subjects of General Surgery.
Course contents
 The hernias of abdominal wall
 Asepsia, antisepsia and surgical infections ( skin and soft tissue infections)
 General approach to trauma and principles of first aid
 Upper digestive system bleedings
 Preoperative preparation
 Postoperative care and general complications
 Diseases of colon and rectum
 Diseases of pancreas
 Fluid and Electrolyte Management of the Surgical Patient
 Shock
 Diseases of stomach and duodenum
 İntestineal obstructions
 Botom of digestive system bleedings
 Systemic response to trauma
 Acute abdomen
 Diseases of the breast
 Diseases of the thyroid gland
 Diseases of appendiks
 Burnt, frostbite and electric beat
 Diseases of umblicus mezenther and retroperitoneal areas
 Diseases of parathyroid gland
 Nutrition and caloric furmulas of surgery patient
 Diseases of the liver
 Diseases of small intestine
 Diseases of the gall bladder
 Portal hypertension
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Breast examination skill
Rectal inspection and examination skill
Peritonitis
Gall path diseases
Surgical hemostasis and transfusion of blood and blood manifactures
Wound care and wound healing
Small surgical interferences
İntraabdominal abscees
Transplantation
Surgical diseases of spleen
Diseases of the adrenal gland
Hernias of the diaphragma
Assessment Methods
A clinical and a written exam are performed at the and of the course.
Prerequisite/ Recommended
None
Textbook/Recommended Reading
1. Schwartz S.I., '' Principles of Surgery'' Seventh Edition , McGraw- Hill, (1989)
2. Shackelford R.T., Zuidema G. D., '' Surgery of the Alimentary Tract'', Second Edition,
Saunders, (1986)