Scientific work of the Department of Surgical Diseases

The scientific work of the department is an integral part of its activities. The employees of the department, thanks to their scientific research, are recognized scientific experts in their fields not only in Ukraine, but also abroad.

The department has carried out and is carrying out a number of research works: "Development of minimally invasive surgical interventions using low temperatures in the treatment of patients with cholelithiasis and gastric and duodenal ulcers", "New technologies in the complex treatment of diabetes mellitus and its complications", "Complex treatment of patients with colon and rectal cancer", "Study of the action of physical methods and the morphofunctional state of vessels, tissues of the stomach, small and large intestines during their dissection and coagulation in gastrointestinal surgery", "Development of minimally invasive methods for the treatment of fluid formations of parenchymal organs and the abdominal cavity in planned and emergency surgery", "Study of the features and optimization of splenectomy in the treatment of hematological patients", "Study of the features of inflammation and the course of the reparative process in surgical pathology depending on the etiological factor and development of methods correction of complications using minimally invasive surgical technologies."

Together with the National Scientific Center "Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology", the department participates in the development of the project of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine 2023.04/0016 "Development and production of portable devices based on plasma dielectric barrier discharges for wound treatment and disinfection in field conditions". Fruitful scientific ties are being established with higher education institutions of Ukraine, institutes of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine.

Since the foundation of the Department of Surgical Diseases in February 1994, the staff of the department have published more than 700 scientific articles and theses, 1 monograph, and received 29 Ukrainian Patents for inventions and utility models. 2 doctoral and 15 candidate theses have been defended. The staff of the department are full members of various scientific and public medical associations of the world. The Department of Surgical Diseases is implementing research programs to train 7 PhD students.

An integral part of the scientific work of the department is the organization of the work of student scientific circles, which are structural units of the Scientific Community of students, postgraduates, doctoral students and young scientists of the Faculty of Medicine. Students of the scientific circle of the department, together with the staff of the department, take an active part in clinical discussions and consiliums, scientific and practical conferences, congresses, forums, symposia and scientific research, the results of which are published in specialized publications, including foreign ones.