Combined Bachelor's + Master's degree in Medicine and Surgery

Clinical Surgery - UROLOGIA

Course code

4S01143

Name of lecturer

Walter Artibani

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1

Academic sector

MED/24 - UROLOGY

Language of instruction

Italian

Site

VERONA

Period

6° anno:Tirocinio professionalizzante 1° semestre, 6° anno:Tirocinio professionalizzante 2° semestre

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Lesson timetable

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Learning outcomes

The Urology Module aims at at exposing the student at the knowledge of the main urological diseases.
This exposure is not limited to definition, etiopathogenesis, symptomatology and laboratory data but also contains information on diagnostics, pathological anatomy, clinical outcomes and prognosis of major kidney and urinary tract diseases.

Syllabus

URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS
- epidemiology
- physiopathology
- symptoms and clinical signs
- diagnosis
- complications

BLADDER OUTLET OBSTRUCTION- BENIGN PROSTATE ENLARGMENT-BPH
- epidemiology
- physiopathology
- symptoms and clinical signs
- diagnosis
- complications
- Therapies

STONE DISEASE
- Renal colic (diagnosis and therapy)
- bladder stones
- complications of urinary stones
- management of stone disease

PROSTATE CANCER
- epidemiology
- physiopathology
- symptoms and clinical signs
- diagnosis
- Clinical and pathological staging
- prognostic factors
- Treatment

TESTIS TUMORS
- epidemiology
- physiopathology
- symptoms and clinical signs
- diagnosis
- Clinical and pathological staging
- prognostic factors
- Treatment

BLADDER AND UPPER URINARY TRACT CANCER
- epidemiology
- physiopathology
- symptoms and clinical signs
- diagnosis
- Clinical and pathological staging
- prognostic factors
- treatment

RENAL CANCER
- epidemiology
- physiopathology
- symptoms and clinical signs
- diagnosis
- Clinical and pathological staging
- prognostic factors
- Treatment

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
- epidemiology
- physiopathology
- symptoms and clinical signs
- diagnosis
- management

URINARY INCONTINENCE
- epidemiology
- physiopathology
Symptoms and clinical signs
- diagnosis
- management

SCROTAL DISEASES
- epidemiology
- physiopathology
Symptoms and clinical signs
- diagnosis
- Treatment

VESICOURETERAL REFLUX
- epidemiology
- physiopathology
- symptoms and clinical signs
- diagnosis and treatment

NEUROGENIC LOWER URINARY TRACT DYSFUNCTION (NLUTD)
- epidemiology
- physiopathology
- symptoms and clinical signs
- diagnosis and treatment

MALE INFERTILITY
- epidemiology
- physiopathology
Symptoms and clinical signs
- diagnosis and treatment

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES OF THE URINARY TRACT& (uretero-pelvic junction obstruction, kidney malformations, urinary tract malformations)
- epidemiology
- physiopathology
- symptoms and clinical signs
- diagnosis and treatment

URINARY TRACT TRAUMA
- epidemiology
- physiopathology
- symptoms and clinical signs
- diagnosis and treatment

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