Postgraduate Specialisation in Otorhinolaryngology

Postgraduate Specialisation in Otorhinolaryngology

Otolaryngology 2 - DIDATTICA FRONTALE (2022/2023)

Course code

4S002063

Credits

15

Academic sector

MED/31 - OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY

Language of instruction

Italian

Site

VERONA

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Syllabus

CRANIAL-MAXILLOFACIAL ANATOMY The skeletal structure of the facial mass with particular reference to the mandibular, maxillary anatomy, upper airways, oral cavity, pharynx. THE MACROAREAS OF THE ORAL CAVITY (notes of anatomy) Lips - Vestibule - Dental arches - Hard palate - Soft palate - Oropharynx - Floor of the oral cavity - The tongue - The labial and lingual frenulum - The major and minor salivary glands CRANIOFACIAL GROWTH AND LABIOPALATOURANOSCHISIS Notes on craniofacial growth and the formation of the palate Difference between cleft lip, cleft lip and palate and cleft lip and palate Timing of reconstruction and notes on treatment Pierre Robin syndrome NORMOCCLUSION AND MALOCCLUSION Tooth anatomy Overbite and Overject Tooth classes Transverse discrepancy (cross bite) Vertical discrepancies (bite scissor bite, open bite) Sagittal discrepancies (anterior cross-bite, class II, class III) Dental discrepancies (crowding) Notes on the etiology of malocclusions (genetic causes, traumatic factors, physical factors, bad habits, atypical swallowing, pathological factors) ANATOMOPATHOLOGY of the Oral Cavity Pigmented lesions (Macula, Tattoo) Erosive lesions (Erosion, Ulcer, Fistula) Expansive lesions (Wheal, Plaque, Scar, Papule, Nodule, Vesicle, Bubble, Pustule, Cyst) CHEILITIS C. exfoliativa-C. glandular-C. apostematosa-C. granulomatosa-C. angular-C. actinic-C. viral-C.traumatica-Lipomas of the tongue-(Fordyce's granules) GLOSSOPATHIES Bifid tongue and ankyloglossia-L. fissurata-L. to geographical map-L. bianca villosa-L. nigra villosa - Hairy tongue - Glossopathies due to vitamin deficiency (iron, folates, vitamins), Median rhombic glossitis - ODONTOSTOMATOLOGICAL PATHOLOGIES Infectious pathologies: Herpes Simplex, Scarlet fever, Tuberculosis, Papilloma of the tongue, Syphilis, Candidiasis Pathologies of immune origin: Graft versus Host Disease - Drug intolerance Other: high flow AVM, low flow AVM, XII cranial nerve palsy ORAL CAVITY CARCINOMA Early diagnosis - Differences between ulcerated lesions (aphtha, traumatic ulcer, neoplastic ulcer) - Etiological factors - Rate of survival-Treatment: surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy Reconstructive surgery: microsurgical flaps (radial flap, fibula flap, scapula flap) ORAL CAVITY CARCINOMA: CLINICAL CASES Reconstruction of the maxilla (obturator prosthesis, regional sliding flaps, revascularized flaps) Reconstruction of the mandible (fibula flap, iliac crest flap) Reconstruction of the tongue (direct closure, radial flap)

Assessment methods and criteria

interview to verify the knowledge acquired. Session to be held in person/online during the last lesson of the course

Reference books

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