PLASTIC SURGERY

General Module

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2015/2016

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

6-year Single Cycle Master's Degree Programme in MEDICINE AND SURGERY

Disciplinary Sector:

Plastic Surgery

Is part of:

DISEASES OF THE VISUAL APPARATUS, DERMATOLOGY AND PLASTIC SURGERY

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

RUBINO Corrado

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

APPROPRIATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND VASCULAR SUPPLY OF THE SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE, SUPERFICIAL MUSCLES, FACIAL SKELETON AND OF THE HAND.

AF code:

40000220

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF WOUND HEALING AND OF BASIC TECHNIQUES OF PLASTIC SURGERY AND THEIR APPLICATION IN TRAUMATIC, NEOPLASTIC, MALFORMATIVE AND AESTHETIC CONDITIONS IN THE FIELD OF PLASTIC SURGERY. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE, ASSESS AND MANAGE PATIENTS WITH BURNS, SKIN TUMOURS, COMMON CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND POSTMASTECTOMY RECONSTRUCTIONS.

Contents

INTRODUCTION TO PLASTIC SURGERY. NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL WOUND HEALING.
BASIC THECNIQUES IN PLASTIC SURGERY: SUTURES, GRAFTS, FLAPS, Z-PLASTY, V-Y PLASTY, TISSUE EXPANSION, RECONSTRUCTIVE MICROSURGERY.
MANAGEMENT OF BURNS. PLASTIC SURGERY OF THE HAND.
MANAGEMENT OF SKIN CANCERS AND MELANOMA.
TRATMENT OF THE MOST COMMON EXTERNAL CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS.
POSMASTECTOMY BREAST RECONSTRUCTION.
PRINCIPLES OF AESTHETIC SURGERY.

Recommended Bibliography

C.H. THORNE (CHIEF EDITOR) GRABB AND SMITH''S PLASTIC SURGERY. 7TH EDITION. WOLTERS KLUWER HEALTH, 2013

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