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General and Operative Surgery

The full MU Sofia syllabus for General and Operative Surgery, Medicine, Year 3: 42 topics, every one with a free study note (2 hours of reading), and 650 flashcards. Updated 9 November 2026.

syllabus topics: 42
free notes: 42
flashcards: 650
of reading: 2 h

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Syllabus

The topics in the order of the MU Sofia syllabus. Each one with a note opens in AceMed once you're signed in.

1. Historical data on the development of surgery3 min · 15 cards
2. Surgical department – basis and equipment3 min · 15 cards
3. The concept and main principles of asepsis in surgery3 min · 16 cards
4. The concept and main principles of antisepsis in surgery3 min · 15 cards
5. Antibiotics and sulfonamides in modern surgery3 min · 16 cards
6. Surgical operations3 min · 16 cards
7. Basic manipulations and procedures in surgery – puncture, intubation3 min · 15 cards
8. Basic manipulations and procedures in surgery – incision, excision, -tomy, stoma2 min · 15 cards
9. Basic manipulations and procedures in surgery – resection, amputation, trepanation3 min · 15 cards
10. Transplantation3 min · 15 cards
11. Trauma. Blunt trauma3 min · 16 cards
12. Trauma, open trauma – wounds. Wound healing4 min · 16 cards
13. Kinds of wounds: vulnus scissum (cutting), contusum (contusion), laceratum (tear, avulsion), lacerocontusum (lacerated-contused)2 min · 14 cards
14. Kinds of wounds: vulnus conquassatum (crushing), caessum (slash, saber), punctum (pierce, stab), morsum (bite), sclopetarium (firearm)3 min · 15 cards
15. Burns – clinical features3 min · 16 cards
16. Burns – treatment1 min · 16 cards
17. Cold injury3 min · 15 cards
18. Electrical injury. Chemical injury4 min · 15 cards
19. Hemorrhage3 min · 16 cards
20. Hemostasis. Temporary hemostasis2 min · 13 cards
21. Hemostasis. Definitive hemostasis2 min · 16 cards
22. Blood transfusion in surgery, AIDS and hepatitis B6 min · 16 cards
23. Surgical infection3 min · 15 cards
24. Types of surgical infection. Acute purulent infection. Abscess. Phlegmon3 min · 16 cards
25. Acute purulent infection – folliculitis, furuncle, carbuncle, hidradenitis3 min · 16 cards
26. Surgical inflammation of the skeletal and muscular system – arthritis, bursitis, tendonitis and tenosynovitis3 min · 15 cards
27. Surgical inflammation of the skeletal and muscular system – osteomyelitis3 min · 16 cards
28. Surgical inflammation of the skeletal and muscular system – surgical infections of the fingers3 min · 15 cards
29. Suppurative infection of lymph and blood vessels3 min · 16 cards
30. Sepsis3 min · 14 cards
31. Anaesthesia. Kinds of anaesthesia3 min · 16 cards
32. Shock. Cardiac arrest3 min · 16 cards
33. Anaerobic infection. Clostridial infections3 min · 16 cards
34. Tetanus3 min · 16 cards
35. Necrosis and gangrene – ulcers, fistulas4 min · 16 cards
36. Basis of oncology. Morphological and biological aspects of tumors. Growth, precancer, initial cancer. Hereditary tumors. Carcinoma in situ3 min · 15 cards
37. Basis of oncology. Diagnosis of tumors. Staging and grading of malignant tumors. Screening of malignant tumors3 min · 16 cards
38. Acute surgical abdomen – basics. Symptoms, diagnosis, treatment2 min · 16 cards
39. Acute surgical abdomen – inflammatory causes. Acute appendicitis7 min · 16 cards
40. Acute surgical abdomen – obstructive causes. Ileus. Carcinoma of the colon3 min · 16 cards
41. Acute surgical abdomen – perforation causes. Symptoms, diagnosis, treatment2 min · 16 cards
42. Minimally invasive (endoscopic) surgery, endoscopic methods of examination3 min · 15 cards

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