Teaching code

4S008998

Academic staff

Bruno Magnan, Elena Manuela Samaila

Credits

3

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

MED/33 - ORTHOPAEDICS

Period

2° SEMESTRE dal Mar 1, 2021 al May 30, 2021.

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Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will be able to recognize and evaluate the main orthopedic and traumatic diseases of the musculoskeletal system. For each condition, the presentation scheme includes definition, etiology, clinical evaluation (history and physical examination), imaging, concepts of: conservative and surgical treatment, prognosis and possible complications. Students will also have learned the modern therapeutic approaches with all the validated devices and techniques that modern Orthopedics and Traumatology offer, through the illustration of specific clinical cases.
Lectures and / or telematics, discussion of clinical cases, seminars, practical activities in the operating room, emergency room, ward and clinic.
The aim is to provide a simple but comprehensive classification of the various aspects of the disease.

Program

Course program
- Presentation of the orthopedics course and presentation of essential terms and focus on the objectives of orthopedic techniques.
- Traumatology: generalities and definitions (fractures, dislocations, sprains), classifications of fractures (by etiology, trauma, fracture site, location), diagnosis and treatment principles.
- Healing of fractures (role of hematoma, growth factors and stem cells, vascularization, load application), general and local complications.
- Arthrosis: definition, clinical picture, pathological anatomy, radiographic aspect, most frequent localizations, principles of treatment
- Low back pain and radicular syndromes: definition and references to anatomy, pathological anatomy, herniated intervertebral disc, clinical picture. Lumbosciatalgia and lumbocruralgia, diagnosis and instrumental tests, prognosis. General information on the treatment.
- Scoliosis and curved back: dysmorphism and paramorphism, etiology, primary and secondary forms, the role of skeletal growth, Risser's test, hump, vertebral rotation, Adams test, early diagnosis, principles of treatment.
- The shoulder: functional anatomy, the scapulo-humeral rhythm. Subacromial impingement syndrome (clinical examination, diagnosis, treatment principles), shoulder instability (subtypes,
stabilization, repair mechanisms).
- Congenital diseases: dca, pathological anatomy, clinical picture, early diagnosis and newborn screening, congenital clubfoot, the main types, generalities of pathological anatomy, treatment principles, flat foot, loose forms, synostoses, stiff neck, congenital and acquired, myogenic and osseous, obstetric forms.
- The knee: the meniscus, meniscal injuries, causes and treatment, the clinical picture, the most common ligament injuries, diagnosis of instability, the anterior cruciate ligament, patellar syndrome, clinical picture and differential diagnosis.
- Ankle and foot: physical examination of ankle and foot, gait analysis, Achilles tendon injuries, osteoarthritis and arthritis of ankle and foot, ankle instability, hallux rigidus and valgus, sesamoiditis, turf toe, bunionette, small toe deformity, infant and adult flat foot, posterior tibial tendon dysfunction, tarsal synostosis, pes cavus, diabetic foot, ingrown toenail, talalgia, metatarsalgia, orthosis, Morton's neuroma, f Plantar fasciitis
- Wrist and hand: physical examination of the wrist and hand, arthrosis and arthritis of the wrist and hand, rhizoarthrosis, De Quervain's tenosynovitis, Dupuytren's contracture, flexor and extensor tendon injuries, compression of the median and ulnar nerve in the carpus

Examination Methods

Learning verification method
Written and/or oral verification, discussion of clinical cases, possibly telematic (given the recent COVID19 pandemic)