THORACIC SURGERY
Introduction to the Thoracic Surgery
Lung cancer. Epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, staging and treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. General features and technical aspects of pulmonary resections.
Secondary tumors of the lung. Surgical indication in pulmonary metastases.
Pleural disease. Epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, staging and treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Surgical principles in benign and malignant pleural effusion.
Pneumothorax. Diagnosis and management of the patient with primary or secondary spontaneous pneumothorax. Tension pneumothorax. Placement and management of pleural drainage.
Benign and malignant tracheal disease. Surgical principles of tracheal resection and reconstruction. Diagnosis and management of tracheoesophageal fistula.
Thoracic Trauma. Blunt and penetrating injuries of the chest wall, pleura and lungs. Diaphragmatic injuries.
Primary mediastinal tumors and syndromes associated with mediastinal lesions. Epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, staging and treatment of thymic tumors.
Acute mediastinal infections. Mediastinal involvement in caustic ingestion.

GENERAL SURGERY
Clinical presentation, patient selection, preoperative assessment and surgical approach of: right colon cancer, left colon cancer, rectal cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer.
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD): surgical indications.
Diverticular disease of the colon: surgical treatment options.
Focus on: minimally-invasive surgery (laparoscopic, robotic), stoma construction, management and complications, colorectal surgical complications, ERAS protocol.
Gallstone disease: surgical indications.
Appendicitis: differential diagnosis and treatment options.
Colon polyps: indication for surgical treatment.
Anorectal abscess, fistula-in-ano, pilonidal disease: surgical treatment.
Abdominal wall surgery: inguinal hernia, incisional hernia.

ENDOCRINE AND BARIATRIC SURGERY
Principles of surgery of the thyroid gland (surgical anatomy, hyperthyroidism, nodular goiter, thyroid cancer).
Surgery of the parathyroid glands (surgical anatomy, primary, secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism).
Surgery of the adrenal glands (surgical anatomy, Cushing’s syndrome, primary hyperaldosteronism, pheochromocytoma, adrenal incidentaloma, adrenocortical carcinoma).
Neuroendocrine tumors of the gastro-entero-pancreatic tract.
Surgery for obesity and related disorders (including diabetes).

BREAST SURGERY
Benign and malignant breast diseases: principles of surgical treatement.
Principles of modern oncoplasty.

• DeVita et al. Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology;
• Shields et al. General Thoracic Surgery;
• Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 19th Edition. The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice.

THORACIC SURGERY
Introduction to the Thoracic Surgery
Lung cancer. Epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, staging and treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. General features and technical aspects of pulmonary resections.
Secondary tumors of the lung. Surgical indication in pulmonary metastases.
Pleural disease. Epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, staging and treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Surgical principles in benign and malignant pleural effusion.
Pneumothorax. Diagnosis and management of the patient with primary or secondary spontaneous pneumothorax. Tension pneumothorax. Placement and management of pleural drainage.
Benign and malignant tracheal disease. Surgical principles of tracheal resection and reconstruction. Diagnosis and management of tracheoesophageal fistula.
Thoracic Trauma. Blunt and penetrating injuries of the chest wall, pleura and lungs. Diaphragmatic injuries.
Primary mediastinal tumors and syndromes associated with mediastinal lesions. Epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, staging and treatment of thymic tumors.
Acute mediastinal infections. Mediastinal involvement in caustic ingestion.

GENERAL SURGERY
Clinical presentation, patient selection, preoperative assessment and surgical approach of: right colon cancer, left colon cancer, rectal cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer.
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD): surgical indications.
Diverticular disease of the colon: surgical treatment options.
Focus on: minimally-invasive surgery (laparoscopic, robotic), stoma construction, management and complications, colorectal surgical complications, ERAS protocol.
Gallstone disease: surgical indications.
Appendicitis: differential diagnosis and treatment options.
Colon polyps: indication for surgical treatment.
Anorectal abscess, fistula-in-ano, pilonidal disease: surgical treatment.
Abdominal wall surgery: inguinal hernia, incisional hernia.

ENDOCRINE AND BARIATRIC SURGERY
Principles of surgery of the thyroid gland (surgical anatomy, hyperthyroidism, nodular goiter, thyroid cancer).
Surgery of the parathyroid glands (surgical anatomy, primary, secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism).
Surgery of the adrenal glands (surgical anatomy, Cushing’s syndrome, primary hyperaldosteronism, pheochromocytoma, adrenal incidentaloma, adrenocortical carcinoma).
Neuroendocrine tumors of the gastro-entero-pancreatic tract.
Surgery for obesity and related disorders (including diabetes).

BREAST SURGERY
Benign and malignant breast diseases: principles of surgical treatement.
Principles of modern oncoplasty.

• DeVita et al. Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology;
• Shields et al. General Thoracic Surgery;
• Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 19th Edition. The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice.

THORACIC SURGERY
Introduction to the Thoracic Surgery
Lung cancer. Epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, staging and treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. General features and technical aspects of pulmonary resections.
Secondary tumors of the lung. Surgical indication in pulmonary metastases.
Pleural disease. Epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, staging and treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Surgical principles in benign and malignant pleural effusion.
Pneumothorax. Diagnosis and management of the patient with primary or secondary spontaneous pneumothorax. Tension pneumothorax. Placement and management of pleural drainage.
Benign and malignant tracheal disease. Surgical principles of tracheal resection and reconstruction. Diagnosis and management of tracheoesophageal fistula.
Thoracic Trauma. Blunt and penetrating injuries of the chest wall, pleura and lungs. Diaphragmatic injuries.
Primary mediastinal tumors and syndromes associated with mediastinal lesions. Epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, staging and treatment of thymic tumors.
Acute mediastinal infections. Mediastinal involvement in caustic ingestion.

GENERAL SURGERY
Clinical presentation, patient selection, preoperative assessment and surgical approach of: right colon cancer, left colon cancer, rectal cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer.
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD): surgical indications.
Diverticular disease of the colon: surgical treatment options.
Focus on: minimally-invasive surgery (laparoscopic, robotic), stoma construction, management and complications, colorectal surgical complications, ERAS protocol.
Gallstone disease: surgical indications.
Appendicitis: differential diagnosis and treatment options.
Colon polyps: indication for surgical treatment.
Anorectal abscess, fistula-in-ano, pilonidal disease: surgical treatment.
Abdominal wall surgery: inguinal hernia, incisional hernia.

ENDOCRINE AND BARIATRIC SURGERY
Principles of surgery of the thyroid gland (surgical anatomy, hyperthyroidism, nodular goiter, thyroid cancer).
Surgery of the parathyroid glands (surgical anatomy, primary, secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism).
Surgery of the adrenal glands (surgical anatomy, Cushing’s syndrome, primary hyperaldosteronism, pheochromocytoma, adrenal incidentaloma, adrenocortical carcinoma).
Neuroendocrine tumors of the gastro-entero-pancreatic tract.
Surgery for obesity and related disorders (including diabetes).

BREAST SURGERY
Benign and malignant breast diseases: principles of surgical treatement.
Principles of modern oncoplasty.

• DeVita et al. Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology;
• Shields et al. General Thoracic Surgery;
• Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 19th Edition. The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice.

THORACIC SURGERY
Introduction to the Thoracic Surgery
Lung cancer. Epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, staging and treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. General features and technical aspects of pulmonary resections.
Secondary tumors of the lung. Surgical indication in pulmonary metastases.
Pleural disease. Epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, staging and treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Surgical principles in benign and malignant pleural effusion.
Pneumothorax. Diagnosis and management of the patient with primary or secondary spontaneous pneumothorax. Tension pneumothorax. Placement and management of pleural drainage.
Benign and malignant tracheal disease. Surgical principles of tracheal resection and reconstruction. Diagnosis and management of tracheoesophageal fistula.
Thoracic Trauma. Blunt and penetrating injuries of the chest wall, pleura and lungs. Diaphragmatic injuries.
Primary mediastinal tumors and syndromes associated with mediastinal lesions. Epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, staging and treatment of thymic tumors.
Acute mediastinal infections. Mediastinal involvement in caustic ingestion.

GENERAL SURGERY
Clinical presentation, patient selection, preoperative assessment and surgical approach of: right colon cancer, left colon cancer, rectal cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer.
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD): surgical indications.
Diverticular disease of the colon: surgical treatment options.
Focus on: minimally-invasive surgery (laparoscopic, robotic), stoma construction, management and complications, colorectal surgical complications, ERAS protocol.
Gallstone disease: surgical indications.
Appendicitis: differential diagnosis and treatment options.
Colon polyps: indication for surgical treatment.
Anorectal abscess, fistula-in-ano, pilonidal disease: surgical treatment.
Abdominal wall surgery: inguinal hernia, incisional hernia.

ENDOCRINE AND BARIATRIC SURGERY
Principles of surgery of the thyroid gland (surgical anatomy, hyperthyroidism, nodular goiter, thyroid cancer).
Surgery of the parathyroid glands (surgical anatomy, primary, secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism).
Surgery of the adrenal glands (surgical anatomy, Cushing’s syndrome, primary hyperaldosteronism, pheochromocytoma, adrenal incidentaloma, adrenocortical carcinoma).
Neuroendocrine tumors of the gastro-entero-pancreatic tract.
Surgery for obesity and related disorders (including diabetes).

BREAST SURGERY
Benign and malignant breast diseases: principles of surgical treatement.
Principles of modern oncoplasty.

• DeVita et al. Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology;
• Shields et al. General Thoracic Surgery;
• Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 19th Edition. The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice.