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556-411 Surgery

Year 4 Dental Science.

Contact: 46 hours, including lectures and clinical demonstrations.

Timetable: Double semester.

Objectives:

On completion of this subject, students should:

Comprehend: the surgical pathology of acute and chronic infection; the role of immunity in surgical disease; antibiotic usage in surgical practice; the processes of wound healing and wound management; the distribution of body fluids and the diagnosis and treatment of fluid abnormalities; the pathology, treatment and prevention of cancer; the principles of analgesic usage; airways management and respiratory support; the diagnosis and treatment of common surgical conditions affecting the head and neck including face, oral cavity, accessory nasal sinuses, salivary glands, oesophagus and thyroid.

Have developed: an understanding of basic surgical principles as applied to dental practice; the basic clinical skills required to recognise surgical conditions affecting the head and neck; basic first aid skills necessary to manage acute surgical conditions of head and neck.

Appreciate: the pathological processes underlying the manifestation of surgical conditions; the need to evaluate the whole patient when assessing a localised surgical problem; the importance of the application of sound surgical principles in the management of traumatic, infective and neoplastic processes affecting the head and neck.

Content:

Surgical pathology of acute and chronic infection. Immunity, control of infection, asepsis and sterilization. Antibiotics and surgical infection. Surgical shock, the control of haemorrhage. Surgical aspects of fluid and electrolyte balance. Wound healing and wound management. Principles of respiratory support. Methods of pain relief. Surgical affections of face, mouth, nose and throat. Cleft lip and palate. Diagnosis and management of neck swellings. Diseases and tumours of bone.

Assessment:

A 2-hour end-of-year written examination. An oral examination may be required.

Prescribed texts:

• Dudley H A F and Waxman B 1989 Aid to Clinical Surgery 4th edition Churchill Livingstone

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Date created:    Oct  9 1995
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