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Laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in Medicina e chirurgia - Enrollment from 2025/2026
Academic year:
Corsi elettivi 1° semestre From 10/9/17 To 12/21/17
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° Progress Test 1st year D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
2° Progress Test 2nd year D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
3° Supplementary research and laboratory diagnostic informations on Autoimmunity D Silvia Sartoris (Coordinator)
3° Role of the Medicine student in a cognitive laboratory for Nursing students D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
3° Progress Test 3rd year D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
2° 3° Access to essential medicines in developing countries D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
4° Progress Test 4th year D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
5° Progress Test 5th year D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
5° Exercise testing and prescription for health D Federico Schena (Coordinator)
4° 5° Coagulation disorders. Diagnostic and therapeutic aspects D Francesca Pizzolo (Coordinator)
6° Oncologic Imaging D Mirko D'Onofrio (Coordinator)
6° Neurophysiological investigations for studying sleep and sleep-related disorders D Gaetano Cantalupo (Coordinator)
6° Progress Test 6th year D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
5° 6° Topics of hepatology from medical and surgical point of view D Franco Capra (Coordinator)
5° 6° Research methodology basis and critical reading of a scientific article D Giuseppe Borzellino (Coordinator)
5° 6° Basic course ECG and interactive interpretation D Vincenzo Marafioti (Coordinator)
5° 6° Nutritional Epigenomics: a bridge between DNA and disease D Simonetta Friso (Coordinator)
5° 6° Surgery of the liver: from the preoperative optimization of the liver to the postoperative care D Calogero Iacono (Coordinator)
5° 6° Traditional and endovascular surgery of abdominal aortic aneurisms D Alberto Scuro (Coordinator)
5° 6° Multiple Sclerosis and demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system: from diagnosis to therapy D Massimiliano Calabrese (Coordinator)
5° 6° Uncommon pancreatic neoplasms D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
5° 6° Extracorporeal life support D Alessio Rungatscher (Coordinator)
5° 6° Minimally invasive (laparoscopic and robot-assisted) surgery in abdominal diseases (videos and dry-lab) D Corrado Pedrazzani (Coordinator)
5° 6° Technologies in Surgery D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
5° 6° Sport's Traumatology D Eugenio Vecchini (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Clinical cases in endocrinology and metabolism D Enzo Bonora (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Abdominal wall surgery D Antonino Zago (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Physiology and pathophysiology of micturition D Maria Angela Cerruto (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Physiopathology of low back pain and degenerative spondiloarthritis D Bruno Magnan (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Autism Spectrum Disorders: clinic, etiology, research D Leonardo Zoccante (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Musculoskeletal Assessment D Luca Idolazzi (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Pigmented cutaneous lesions and melanoma: clinical evaluation and differential diagnosis D Paolo Rosina (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Child development: a neurodevelopmental approach D Alessandro Simonati (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Technologies applied to type 1 diabetes mellitus: towards artificial pancreas D Maddalena Trombetta (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Stem cell transplantation: biological and clinical issues D Mauro Krampera (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Tubercolosis: epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, therapy and surveillaince D Michela Conti (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° Traditional and laser treatment of chronic venous insufficiency D Alberto Scuro (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° Immunophenotyping in normal hematopoiesis and in hematological diseases D Mauro Krampera (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° Interpretation of laboratory data: from theory to practice D Gian Luca Salvagno (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Medical and social history of drugs D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Alcoholism D Marco Faccini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Heroin and cocaine. History, epidemiology, new scenarios, clinical approach, complications. Serts. D Marco Faccini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° School of Medicine and Surgery Seminars, 2017-2018 D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
Corsi elettivi 2° semestre From 2/19/18 To 5/25/18
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° Bioinformatics D Maria Romanelli (Coordinator)
2° 3° Molecular biology of emerging viruses D Donato Zipeto (Coordinator)
2° 3° Human retroviruses: HIV and AIDS D Donato Zipeto (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Psychological aspects of addiction D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Short history of pharmacology D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Motivational interviewing D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Dependence on legal drugs (benzodiazepines and pain killers) D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Doping and doping control D Aldo Eliano Polettini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Gambling D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Tabagism D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Intervento sanitario breve D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° role and management of therapeutic groups in medicine D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° History of surgery D Giovanni Paolo Pollini (Coordinator)
4° Clinical electrocardiography D Daniele Prati (Coordinator)
5° Surgical anatomy of head and neck D Daniele Marchioni (Coordinator)
5° Clinical approach to cancer patient D Giampaolo Tortora (Coordinator)
5° Clinical ultrasound D Mirko D'Onofrio (Coordinator)
4° 5° Off-label use of medicines in clinical practice D Laura Cuzzolin (Coordinator)
4° 5° Pancreatic neoplasms: clinic-pathologic features D Giuseppe Zamboni (Coordinator)
4° 5° Nodule of the thyroid: clinicopathologic correlations D Guido Martignoni (Coordinator)
5° 6° Advanced life support D Enrico Polati (Coordinator)
5° 6° Surgery of pancreas and peryampullary area D Calogero Iacono (Coordinator)
5° 6° Neonatal surgery D Francesco Saverio Camoglio (Coordinator)
5° 6° Surgical oncology of the gastrointestinal tract D Corrado Pedrazzani (Coordinator)
5° 6° Clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of retroperitoneal tumors and GIST D Calogero Iacono (Coordinator)
5° 6° Diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant diseases of biliary tree D Andrea Ruzzenente (Coordinator)
5° 6° Emergencies in the extra-hospital environment D Enrico Polati (Coordinator)
5° 6° Management of pain in reumathologic diseases D Davide Gatti (Coordinator)
5° 6° Pancreatic dilemma between inflammation and neoplasia D Antonio Amodio (Coordinator)
5° 6° Imaging in reumathology D Maurizio Rossini (Coordinator)
5° 6° Introduction to Robotic Surgery D Paolo Fiorini (Coordinator)
5° 6° Literature search using PubMed D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
5° 6° Infection in ICU D Anna Maria Azzini (Coordinator)
5° 6° Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders D Stefano Tamburin (Coordinator)
5° 6° Experimental microsurgery D Alessio Rungatscher (Coordinator)
5° 6° Clinical senology D Giovanni Paolo Pollini (Coordinator)
5° 6° Intra-articular onjection in Rheumatology D Elena Fracassi (Coordinator)
5° 6° Clinical toxicology in the Emergency Department and CBRN events D Giorgio Ricci (Coordinator)
5° 6° Ablative treatments in hepatobiliopancreatic surgery D Salvatore Paiella (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Colordroppler ultrasound of carotid arteries, lower limbs and abdominal vessels D Sergio De Marchi (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Diagnosis in pediatric allergy D Giorgio Piacentini (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Gynecological endocrinology D Paolo Moghetti (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Diagnosis of Disease based on the laboratory analysis: from theory to practice D Gian Luca Salvagno (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Tumor immunology and immunomodulation D Stefano Ugel (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Intraoperative neurophysiology: a functional approach to modern neurosurgery D Francesco Sala (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Therapy with biologic agents in rheumatic diseases D Ombretta Viapiana (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Tropical Medicine D Michela Conti (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Psysiopathology of the foot in childhood and in adults D Bruno Magnan (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation D Nicola Smania (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Humanitarian Medicine and Surgery D Elda Baggio (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Bioethic issues in Human Genetics D Alberto Turco (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Non-pharmacological treatment of pain in surgery: music therapy D Giovanni Paolo Pollini (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Multimodal treatment of pancreatic neoplasms D Giuseppe Malleo (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° Practical issues in genetic counseling D Alberto Turco (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° Women and medicine D Elda Baggio (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Training to medical humanities D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Medical Deontology D Federica Bortolotti (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Medical and antropological emergencies in third world countries D Mariarita Bertoldi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Stress reduction D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)

Physiopathology of low back pain and degenerative spondiloarthritis  (Corso Elettivo)  (2017/2018)

Teaching code

4S004103

Teacher

Bruno Magnan

Coordinator

Bruno Magnan

Credits

1

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

MED/33 - ORTHOPAEDICS

Period

Corsi elettivi 1° semestre dal Oct 9, 2017 al Dec 21, 2017.

Lessons timetable Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

Students will be achieving knowledges about the physiopatology of low back pain in adults as well as degenerative diseases of the spine: disk erniation, degenerative scoliosis, spondilidiscitis, spondilolistesis, vertebral instability and stenosis. Diagnostic footprints and principles of therapy according international guidelines will be presented and discussed

Program

Anatomy and pathophysiology of the spine.
Low back pain in chilhood anf adults.
Lombosciatalgia and radicular pain.
Disk herniation.
Spondilolysis and spondilolistesis.
Degenerative spine diseases.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Bartolozzi P., Castellarin. G., Pamelin E. Malattie dell'apparato locomotore Cortina 2010

Examination Methods

Presence-based eligibility.
Recommended course year: 4,5,6.

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