Vascular Surgery
Activity
Large Group Session
Large Group Session
Aneurysms. Claudication. Thrombosis.
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Surgery Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Clerkship Objectives
- Describe the differential diagnosis, location, appearance and symptoms of leg ulcers due to: Arterial disease; Venous stasis disease; Neuropathy; Infection; Malignancy.
- Discuss the risks of surgical treatment and the risks of the aneurysm left untreated.
- Discuss how to determine which patients need surgical repair of the aneurysm.
- Discuss appropriate imaging studies for aneurysms.
- Describe the evaluation and management of abdominal aortic aneurysms.
- Discuss the appropriate imaging studies and work up for retroperitoneal masses.
- Describe the most frequently encountered retroperitoneal masses.
- Discuss methods for DVT prophylaxis and identify high-risk patients.
- Discuss the common invasive and noninvasive diagnostic tests for DVT.
- Describe the factors that lead to venous thrombosis and embolism.
- Discuss how to differentiate lymphedema from venous stasis.
- Describe atherosclerosis, its etiology, prevention and sites of predilection.
- Discuss the complications associated with prolonged ischemia and revascularization.
- Discuss the medical and surgical management (of acute arterial occlusion).
- Discuss the signs and symptoms of acute arterial occlusion (the "P's").
- Discuss embolic vs. thrombotic occlusion.
- Describe the etiologies and presentation of acute arterial occlusion.
- Discuss risk factors associated with arterial occlusive disease.
- Discuss the diagnostic work-up of chronic arterial occlusive disease.
- Describe the pathophysiology of intermittent claudication.
- Discuss musculoskeletal etiologies (of leg pain).
- Discuss neurological vs. vascular etiologies of walking induced leg pain.
Tags
Curriculum Block
Clerkship
Surgery Rotation
Discipline
Surgery
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
