Medicine and Surgery

- Obiettivi formativi in inglese: Knowledge of the more relevant rheumatic diseases and orthopedic disorders: pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, natural history and therapeutic decisions. - Programma in inglese: Arthritic Pathology: General Foundations. Osteoarthritis of the Cervical and Lumbar Spine: Lumbar and cervical stenosis. Disc Herniations: Lumbar and cervical. Vertebral Instability. Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain. Osteoarthritis of the Shoulder, Hand, Elbow, Knee, and Hip. Tendinopathies and Subcutaneous Tendon Ruptures: General concepts, diagnostic framework, and treatment. Most Common Orthopedic Conditions: Insertional tendinopathies, such as lateral and medial epicondylitis. Rotator Cuff Disorders. Hand Pathologies: De Quervain’s syndrome, Dupuytren’s contracture, stenosing tenosynovitis of the hand, peripheral nerve entrapment neuropathies.

Postacchini, Ippolito, Ferretti – Ortopedia e Traumatologia, 4ª ed.