1. Principles of Tropical Surgery
SECTION 1 – General Features of Tropical Disease
History
2. Medicine and Surgery in Pharonic and Arabian History
3. Ancient Egyptian Obstetrics and Gynecology
4. Surgery in Ancient India
5. Surgery in Babylonia, Greece, Rome and China
6. Hearing Impairment in Ancient Egypt
7. Disease and Warfare
Environment
8. Climate, Climate Change and Health
9. Heat Stress and Heat Tolerance in Man
10. Environmental Pollution
11. The Hospital Environment
Natural & Man-made Risk
12. Natural and Man-made Disasters
13. Antipersonnel Landmine Injury
14. Chemical, Biologic and Radiation Hazards
15. Mass Population Movements and Disasters
16. Traffic Accidents and their Prevention
17. Emergency Medical Service Systems
Problems Influencing the Quality of Life
18. Living Systems and Dynamic Complexity
19. Globalization and Privatization
20. Role of International Organizations in Health Policy and
Practice in Less Developed Countries
21. Water Supply and Sanitation
22. Infection Control and Environmental Sanitation
23. Nutritional Support of the Surgical Patient
24. Drug Use, Abuse and Dependence
25. Toxic Herbology
26. Mental Health
27. Ethical Issues
28. Malpractice
29. The Right to Live and its Relationship to Health Promotion
Perioperative Care
30. Anesthesia
31. Blood Transfusion
32. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
33. Intensive Care
34. Near Drowning
35. Day Case Surgery
36. Minimal Access Surgery
37. Robotics in Videoscopic Surgery
38. Telemedicine in Surgery
39. Surgery in Austere Environments
40. Low Cost Surgery
41. Rehabilitation
42. Training the Tropical Surgeon
43. Complementary and Alternative Therapies
44. Theory and Surgery in Traditional Chinese Medicine
45. Acupuncture
Pediatric Health
46. Child Health
47. Diarrhea in Pediatrics
48. Pediatric Disease in Relation to Surgery
49. Pediatric Surgery in Sub-Saharan Africa
Older Adults
50. Ageing and Retirement
51. Older Adults and Home Health Care
52. Volunteerism
Infective Diseases
53. Parasitic Diseases in the Surgical Patient
54. Global Burden of Infectious Diseases
56. Nosocomial Infections
57. Zoonotic Affections
58. Zoonotic Fish Parasites
59. Zoonoses and the Surgeon
60. Immunology of Infectious Diseases
61. Modulatory Effects of Schistosomiasis on Hematopoiesis
62. Anti-schistosomal Vaccination
63. Changing Endemicity Patterns
64. Geographic Informatics
65. Geographic Distribution of Disease
66. Oncology
67. Cancer in the Developing Countries
68. Burkitt’s Lymphoma
69. Immunoproliferative Small Intestinal Disease
70. Primary Lymphoma of the Gastrointestinal Tract
71. Medical Genetics
72. Gene Therapy
73. Stem Cells
Organ Replacement
74. Transplantation in Developing Countries
75. Donation and Donors of Kidneys
76. Transplantation Complications
77. Renal Transplantation Infection
78. Living Donor Liver Transplantation
79. Pancreatic Transplantation
80. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
SECTION 2 – Specialized Surgery in Tropical Disease
Head and Neck
81. Imaging
82. Dental Diseases
83. Jaw Lesions
84. Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases
85. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
86. Tumours of the Oropharynx
87. Endemic Goiter
Neurosurgery
88. Neurosurgery Overview
89. Infections in the Central Nervous System
Eye Diseases
90. Tropical Ophthalmology
91. Eye Diseases
92. Ophthalmic Disorders in Latin America
Cardiovascular
93. Cardiac Surgery
94. Chagas’ Heart Disease
95. Vascular Surgery and Mycotic Aneurysm
96. Moyamoya Syndrome
Pulmonary
97. Pulmonary Disease
98. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
99. Legionella Infection
100. Causes of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
101. Asbestos-induced Pleuropulmonary Disorders
102. Thoracic Surgery in India
Breast Disease
103. Overview
104. Breast Cancer
105. Reduction Mammoplasty in Huge Breast Hypertrophy
Alimentary Tract
106. Surgery of the Esophagus
107. Caustic Esophageal Strictures
108. Chronic Diarrhea in Travelers
109. Pigbel
110. Abdominal Tuberculosis
111. Gastrointestinal Amebiasis
112. Intestinal Obstruction
113. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
114. Colorectal Disease
115. Colorectal Cancer in Japan
116. Colorectal Cancer in the Young
117. Perianal Disease
118. Gay Bowel Syndrome
119. Retroperitoneal Affections
Hepato Biliary and Pancreatic
120. Hepatitis (Excluding Cirrhosis)
121. Cirrhosis of the Liver
122. Portal Hypertension (Scenario from Bangladesh)
123. Portal Hypertension (Scenario from South Africa)
124. Portal Hypertension in Noncirrhotic Patients (Scenario from India)
125. Hepatic Encephalopathy
126. Amebic Liver Abscess
127. Liver Trauma
128. Pathology of Liver Tumors
129. Global Epidemiology of Primary Liver Cancer
130. Malignant Liver
131. Management of Spontaneous Rupture of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
132. Cholangiohepatitis
133. Hepatolithiasis: Morphology of the Bile Duct and Choledochoscopy
134. Carcinoma of the Gallbladder
135. Pancreatitis Overview
136. Tropical Chronic Pancreatitis
137. Tropical Calcific Pancreatitis
Mononuclear Phagocytic System
138. Surgery of the Spleen
139. Surgery of the Spleen: Splenic Conservation
Hematological
140. Blood Diseases
141. Hemophilia
142. Sickle Cell Disease
143. Cerebrovascular Complications of Sickle Cell Disease
144. ß-Thalassemia
145. Familial Mediterranean Fever
Urogenital
146. Acute Renal Failure
147. Chronic Renal Failure
148. Congenital, Perinatal and Prepubertal Infections
149. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
150. Donovanosis (Granuloma inguinale) and Chancroid
151. Genitourinary Tuberculosis
152. Inguinoscrotal Swellings (Excluding Hernia and Hydrocele)
153. Genitourinary Schistosomiasis and Urinary Bladder Carcinoma
154. Urethral Syndrome
155. Circumcision
Obstetrics and Gynecology
156. Obstetric and Gynecologic Problems
157. Chronic Pelvic Pain
158. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
159. Pelvic Tuberculosis
160. Vaginal Syndromes
161. Female Genital Mutilation
162. Management of Fistulae
Plastic Surgery
163. Plastic Surgery
164. Surgery of Leprosy
165. Burns
166. Tattooing
Musculoskeletal
167. Tropical Orthopedics
168. Orthopedic Surgery
169. Osteoarthritis
170. Tropical Pyomyositis
Lower Limb
171. Ulceration and Infection
172. Buruli Ulcer
173. Madura Foot
174. Tropical Ulcer
175. Care of the Neuropathic Foot
176. Mobility in Lower Limb Paralysis
177. Lower Leg Transfer Procedures
178. Amputation
Dermatological
179. Skin Diseases
180. Fournier’s Gangrene
181. Skin Nodules
SECTION 3 - Tropical Surgical Infections
Prions
82. Kuru
183. Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs)
Viruses
184. Introduction
185. HIV / AIDS
a. Surgery in High HIV Incidence Poor Countries
b. HIV in General and Thoracic Surgery, Urology and Surgical
Ophthalmology
c. HIV Orthopedics, Trauma and Neurosurgery
d. Kaposi’s Sarcoma (Disease) and HIV
e. Leishmaniasis/HIV Co-infection
f. Opportunistic Infection in the Immuno-Compromised
patient with AIDS
186. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
187. Viral Nonhemorrhagic Fevers
188. Coxsackieviruses
189. West Nile
190. Yellow Fever
191. Rabies
Bacteria
192. Rickettsial Typhus Q fever
193. Chlamydiae
194. Lymphogranuloma Venerium and Psittacosis
195. Gonorrhea
196. Anthrax
197. Diphtheria
198. Actinomycosis
199. Nocardiosis
200. Clostridia
201. Botulism
202. Salmonellosis
203. Shigellosis
204. Helicobacter pylori
205. Campylobacter
206. Yersenia
a. Yersenia pestis (plague)
b. Yerseniosis
207. Tuberculosis
208. Mycobacteria Leprae
209. Syphilis and Yaws
210. Borreliosis
211. Leptospirosis
212. Rat Bite Fever
213. Legionnaires Disease
Fungi
214. Superficial Mycoses
215. Mycoses
Protozoa
216. Overview
217. Extraintestinal Amebiasis
218. Cerebral Amebiasis
219. Giardiasis
220. Trichamoniais
221. South American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas’ Disease)
222. African Trypanosomiasis
223. Visceral Leishmaniasis
224. Leishmania Infantum
225. Malaria
226. Babesiosis
227. Toxoplasmosis
228. Free-living Amoebae
Helminths
229. Overview
Nematodes (Roundworm)
230. Ascariasis in Children
231. Ancylostomiasis
232. Toxocariasis
233. Trichinosis
234. Angiostrongyliasis-abdominal
235. Strongyloidiasis
236. Capillariasis
237. Trichuriasis
238. Bancroftian Filariasis
239. Filarial Elephantiasis
240. Surgery of Filariasis
241. Brugian Filariasis
242. Loiasis
243. Onchocerciasis
244. Dracunculiasis
Trematodes (Flukes)
245. Fascioliasis
246. Clonorchiasis
247. Schistosomiasis
a. Overview
b. Surgical Lesions and Complications in Children
c. Cerebral Schistosomiasis
d. Schistosomiasis of the Female Genital Tract
248. Pentastomiasis-halzoun
Cestodes (Tapeworms)
249. Taenia Solium (Cysticercosis)
250. Hydatid Disease
a. Hydatid (Echinococcosis)
b. Iranian Scenario
c. Lybian Scenario
d. Syrian Scenario
e. Cerebral Hydatid
f. Alveolar Hydatid Disease
Harmful Arthopods
251. Myiasis
252. Mites
253. Ectoparasites
254. Arthropods
Vector Control
255. Vector Control
Tropical Morsology (Animal bites)
256. Warmblooded Animal Bites
257. Human Bites
258. Snake Bites
259. Reptile Injuries
260. Shark Attacks
261. Marine Toxins
Travel Medicine
262. Travel Medicine
SECTION 4 - Investigation in the Tropics
263. Laboratory Investigations
264. Molecular Biology Techniques
265. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
266. Granulomatous Disease
267. Imaging in the Tropics
268. Additional Techniques
SECTION 5 – Classification of Organisms, Diseases and Symptoms
269. Life
270. Bacteria and Viruses
271. Protozoa
272. Helminths
273. Zoonoses
274. Modes of Transmission of Infectious Diseases
275. Communicable Diseases
276. Notifiable Infectious Diseases
277. Classification of Disease
278. Differential Diagnoses
279. Fevers of Undetermined Origin
SECTION 6 - Clinical Cases and Hints
280. Clinical Cases
281. Hints and Tips