THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING

Course objectives

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 URO-CT scan 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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ANTONIO CARBONE Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Anatomy of the male and female urinary system Anatomy of the male genital and reproductive system Physiology of urination Physiology of erection Physiology of ejaculation Benign disorders of the testis and scrotum Lower urinary tract symptoms: irritative and obstructive Semeiotics of the urinary and male genital tract Urinary stones Macroscopic hematuria urological causes Prostate cancer: epidemiology, diagnosis and surgical and medical therapy Kidney cancer Tumors of the testis Tumors of the upper urinary tract Bladder cancer Erectile dysfunction Urinary incontinence The neurological bladder Urinary tract infections
Prerequisites
None required
Books
Smith's textbook Urology
Teaching mode
Lectures and small group teaching in the urology ward and outpatient clinics.
Frequency
Mandatory in attendence
Exam mode
Oral question on the topics covered during the lectures
Lesson mode
Lectures and small group teaching in the urology ward and outpatient clinics.
ANTONIO LUIGI PASTORE Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Anatomy of the male and female urinary system Anatomy of the male genital and reproductive system Physiology of urination Physiology of erection Physiology of ejaculation Benign disorders of the testis and scrotum Lower urinary tract symptoms: irritative and obstructive Semeiotics of the urinary and male genital tract Urinary stones Macroscopic hematuria urological causes Prostate cancer: epidemiology, diagnosis and surgical and medical therapy Kidney cancer Tumors of the testis Tumors of the upper urinary tract Bladder cancer Erectile dysfunction Urinary incontinence The neurological bladder Urinary tract infections
Prerequisites
None required
Books
Surgical Semeiotics Second Edition Publisher: Antonio Delfino Editore; 2nd edition (January 1, 2020) Italian language 480 pages ISBN-10: 8872876435 ISBN-13: 978-8872876435
Teaching mode
Lecture
Frequency
Mandatory in attendance
Exam mode
The student will be questioned on the topics discussed during the teaching lectures
Bibliography
Smith's General Urology, 17th Edition, McGraw-Hill Editor
Lesson mode
Lecture
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseMedicine and Surgery
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year4th year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDMED/24
  • CFU2