Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)

Course Description Status: Approved

Course Description Version: 24/25.P.1.00

Description Period: 2024./25 academic year pavasara semestris

Study Course Accepted: -

Study Course Description

Topical Issues in Angiology, Thoracic Surgery, Transplantology and Urology

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
KK_002
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Surgery
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Andrejs Brikuns
Structure Unit Manager
Jānis Gardovskis
Structural Unit
Department of Surgery
Contacts

Riga, 13 Pilsonu Street, VSIA P.Stradiņa KUS, Block No. 24, kk@rsu.lv, +371 67069745

About Study Course

Objective

Students will acquire knowledge of the topical issues on urgent and elective abdominal, thoracic, cardio-vascular surgery, transplantology and urology.

Preliminary Knowledge

Knowledge achieved during 1-10th semesters in anatomy, histology, physiology, pathophysiology and surgery.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.• discuss issues on urgent and elective thoracic, cardio-vascular surgery, transplantology and urology; • describe the topical issues on aetiology and pathogenesis, treatment and prevention of surgical diseases; • describe the application of cardiopulmonary bypass systems, transplantology and endourological operations.

Skills

1.• prepare a patient for thoracic surgery and evaluate the efficiency of preparation; • examine patients with trophic changes in extremities due to arterial and venous aetiology and diagnostics of pancreatobiliary system.

Competences

1.• interpret symptoms of thoracic, urologic, cardiac and vascular diseases; • describe principles of transplantology; • analyse results of patient examination; • prepare necessary laboratory and instrumental investigation plan for the patient; • analyse a surgical case; • interpret data acquired from laboratory and instrumental investigation methods; • formulate and justify a full clinical diagnosis; • plan treatment tactics for a surgical clinical case; • define indications for surgical and conservative treatment.

Assessment

Individual work

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.
Individual work
-
-
Student independently prepares for each lecture and class, using materials, available in E-studies. During this course student must prepare a short presentation about a topic given by teacher, actively engage in discussions; form, express and justify opinion about the topics.

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.
Examination
-
-
It is obligatory to take all lectures and attend online classes, which is not evaluated in points, but is a mandatory condition for receiving an evaluation in the study course. Active participation in discussions about clinical cases will not be evaluated. The final evaluation of the study course consists of the evaluations of the tests performed during the study course (50% of the final evaluation) and the evaluation of the final test (Exam, 50% of the final evaluation), which must be received within the term specified in E-studies.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1

  1. Multisite artery disease.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Other
2

  1. Nonatherosclerotic peripheral artery disease.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Other
2

  1. Trofic ulcers, necroses, gangrene, pressure ulcers. Treatment methods. Multifocal atherosclerosis – a modern problem. Role of an angiosurgeon in stroke prevention.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Other
2

  1. Principles and methods of surgical treatment of esophageal diseases. Esophageal replacement methods.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Other
2

  1. Organ transplantation.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Other
2

  1. Hepatic transplantation.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Other
2

  1. Artificial blood circulation and mechanical circulatory support methods.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Other
2

  1. Surgical treatment of ascending aorta and aortic arc diseases.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Other
2

  1. Male reproductive health. Erectile dysfunction, drug and surgical treatment.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Other
2

  1. Secondary hypogonadism, diagnosis, treatment principles.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Other
2

  1. Cardiac replacement therapy.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Class/Seminar
On site
Other
3

  1. Pancreas and biliary system pathology diagnosis.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Class/Seminar
On site
Other
3

  1. Peripheral vascular injuries.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Class/Seminar
On site
Other
3

  1. Great vessel injuries.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Class/Seminar
On site
Other
3
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Lekciju materiāli e-vidē

2.

Gardovskis, J. 2013. Ķirurģija. 2.izd. Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte.

3.

Townsend, C.M. 2022. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice. 21st ed. Elsevier.

4.

Zollinger, R.M., Ellison, E.C. 2022. Zollinger's Atlas of Surgical Operations. 11th ed. New York: Mc Graw Hill.

5.

Ārvalstu studentiem/For International students:

6.

Townsend, C.M. 2022. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice. 21st ed. Elsevier.

7.

Zollinger, R.M., Ellison, E.C. 2022. Zollinger's Atlas of Surgical Operations. 11th ed. New York: Mc Graw Hill.

Additional Reading

1.

Williams, N.S., O'Connell, P.R., McCaskie, A. 2018. Bailey & Love’s Short Practice of Surgery. 27th ed. London: Champan & Hall Medical

2.

Brunicardi F, Andersen D.K., Billiar T.R., Dunn D.L., Kao L.S., Hunter J.G., Matthews J.B., Pollock R.E.(Eds.), 2019. Schwartz's Principles of Surgery. 11th ed. McGraw Hill.

3.

Cameron, J.L., Cameron, A.M. 2020. Current Surgical Therapy. 13th ed. Elsevier.

4.

Harris, J.R., Lippman, M.E., Morrow, M., Osborne, C.K. 2014. Diseases of the Breast. 5th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

5.

Gabriel, A., Nahabedian, M.Y., Maxwell, G.P., Storm, T. 2020. Spear's Surgery of the Breast: Principles and Art. 4th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

6.

Reynard, J., Brewster, S.F., Biers, S., Neal, N.L. 2009. Oxford Handbook of Urology. 4th ed. OUP Oxford.

Other Information Sources

1.

RSU abonētās medicīniskās literatūras datubāzes /Medical literature databases subscribed to RSU

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