THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING
Course objectives
Learning outcomes: Urology: By the end of the course the student must be able to: - take a medical history and to perform physical examination in patients with urological disorders (including digital rectal examination and scrotal examination). - to perform a differential diagnosis of the different urological conditions included in the course programme; - to introduce a bladder catheter in male and female patients, - to interpret urine analysis and urine culture, - to prescribe antibiotic therapy on the base of the antibiogram, - to interpret a plain radiography of the abdomen and a CT scan of the abdomen with reference to urological disorders; - to interpret renal, bladder and scrotal ultrasound with reference to urological disorders. - to interpret semen analysis.
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ANDREA TUBARO
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
Contents:
Embriology and malformations of the genitourinary tract.
Anatomy of the genitourinary tract.
Diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection and sexually transmitted diseases including cystitis, epididymitis, prostatitis and urethritis.
Differential diagnosis and management of haematuria.
PSA screening.
Lower urinary tract symptoms; benign prostatic enlargement/hyperplasia/obstruction.
Diagnosis/staging/management of renal tumours,
Diagnosis/staging/management of urotelial tumours of the upper urinary tract and of the bladder;
Diagnosis/staging/management of prostate cancer;
Diagnosis/staging/management of testicular cancer;
Diagnosis/staging/management of penile cancer;
Obstructive uropathy: diagnosis and treatment;
Trauma of the urinary tract (kidney, bladder, urethra and testis) and emergencies in urology (including paraphymosis and testis torsion);
Urinary incontinence: pathophysiology and principles of treatment;
Male infertility (including varicocele) and erectile dysfunction;
Urinary lithiasis: pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment;
Prerequisites
Requirements:
The student must have passed the exams of the first 3 years, and have a solid knowledge of human embryology, histology, normal human anatomy, microbiology and human physiology.
Books
Libri di testo (consigliati):
Smith and Tanago’s General Urology, Jack. W. McAninch, Tom. F. Lue, Editors; Eighteenth Edition, McGraw Hill
Frequency
IV anno , 1^ semestre
Exam mode
10 exams per A.A.
GIORGIO FRANCO
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
Contents:
Embriology and malformations of the genitourinary tract.
Anatomy of the genitourinary tract.
Diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection and sexually transmitted diseases including cystitis, epididymitis, prostatitis and urethritis.
Differential diagnosis and management of haematuria.
PSA screening.
Lower urinary tract symptoms; benign prostatic enlargement/hyperplasia/obstruction.
Diagnosis/staging/management of renal tumours,
Diagnosis/staging/management of urotelial tumours of the upper urinary tract and of the bladder;
Diagnosis/staging/management of prostate cancer;
Diagnosis/staging/management of testicular cancer;
Diagnosis/staging/management of penile cancer;
Obstructive uropathy: diagnosis and treatment;
Trauma of the urinary tract (kidney, bladder, urethra and testis) and emergencies in urology (including paraphymosis and testis torsion);
Urinary incontinence: pathophysiology and principles of treatment;
Male infertility (including varicocele) and erectile dysfunction;
Urinary lithiasis: pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment;
Prerequisites
Requirements:
The student must have passed the exams of the first 3 years, and have a solid knowledge of human embryology, histology, normal human anatomy, microbiology and human physiology.
Books
Suggested textbooks:
Smith and Tanago’s General Urology, Jack. W. McAninch, Tom. F. Lue, Editors; Eighteenth Edition, McGraw Hill
Frequency
Mandatory
Exam mode
Evaluation methods:
oral examination.
Lesson mode
Lectures and small group teaching in the urology ward and outpatient clinics.
- Academic year2025/2026
- CourseMedicine and Surgery
- CurriculumSingle curriculum
- Year4th year
- Semester1st semester
- SSDMED/24
- CFU2