Ateneo - UPO

Anatomy of urinary and male genital tract • Physical, laboratory and instrumental urological semeiotics • Epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and therapy of the main renal disease of surgical interest • Epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and therapy of the main diseases of the urinary tract (calices and renal pelvis, ureter, bladder, urethra) • Epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and therapy of the main prostatic diseases • Epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and therapy of the main scrotal diseases

Manuale di Urologia e Andrologia (a cura del Collegio dei Professori Universitari di Prima Fascia in ruolo e fuori ruolo). Pacini Editore Medicina 2009.

To learn about the most frequent diseases of the urinary and male genital tract and their social and health impact for their incidence and their repercussions on quality of life. • To learn the indications for the main instrumental and laboratory tests of urological interest. • To understand the etiopathogenesis, the pathophysiology and the diagnostic and therapeutic pathways for the most frequent diseases of the urinary and male genital tract, based on a critical elaboration of the clinical, functional, laboratory and imaging findings, taking into account the differential diagnoses and the risk/benefit and cost/benefit ratio. • To know the preventive strategies and the possible evolution and prognostic implications of the main diseases of urological interest.

The students must have passed the exam of “Pathological anatomy” and have acquired basic notions of histology, anatomy, biochemistry, physiology and radiology.

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The course is accompanied by a clinical internship in the ward.

Learning is assessed via an oral examination. Each candidate will be asked several questions covering the course syllabus, with particular emphasis on topics addressed during lectures. The final grade—ranging from a minimum of 18/30 to a maximum of 30/30 with Honors—will be determined based on the candidate's level of learning, command of appropriate terminology, and communication and presentation skills.

Urological semeiotics: • physical semeiotics (familiar and physiological history, past medical history, recent medical history, physical examination, signs and symptoms); • laboratory and instrumental semeiotics (renal functional tests, urinalysis, urinary culture, semen culture, urethral swab, urinary cytology, tumor markers, urodynamics, imaging tests, endoscopic tests) Infections of the urinary tract and of the renal parenchyma. Prostatitis and orchiepididimitis. Urogenital tuberculosis. Urinary stones Congenital urologic malformations Hydronephrosis Urethral stenosis Benign prostatic hyperplasia Obstructive anuria Urinary retention Tumors of the prostate Tumors of the renal parenchyma Tumors of the bladder and of the upper urinary tract Tumors of the testicle Hydrocele, varicocele, testicular torsion Phimosis, paraphimosis, priapism. Urogenital traumas Urinary incontinence (outline) Erectile dysfunction (outline) Neurogenic bladder (outline)

The expected learning outcomes are consistent with the general provisions found within the European Qualifications Framework (Dublin descriptors) relating to knowledge and understanding. After the acquisition of nosography, etiology, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms of diseases, at the end of the course, the student must be able to face the discussion on the problems of clinical relevance in urology, showing himself autonomously capable and skilled in setting differential diagnostic reasoning, based on observation, on knowledge of epidemiological data, on the rational use of instrumental and laboratory investigations, as well as on the possibilities of prevention of the most common pathologies, with reference to the topics covered by the course program (course objectives ) The student is asked to be able to put correct therapeutic indications, to be generically oriented on the most common surgical techniques, on surgical "timing" and on prognosis, taking into account the psychophysical and social characteristics of the patient. Adequate knowledge of the problems relating to the pre- and post-operative periods is also required, related to both small and medium-sized major urological surgery. The objectives set by the course are deemed to be achieved.