ORTHORINOLAR. ODONTOSTOM. VISUAL APPARATUS DISEASES
cod. 08717

Academic year 2008/09
4° year of course - First semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
GANDOLFI Stefano
integrated course unit
8.5 credits
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Learning objectives

<br />Aims<br /> <br />To educate the student on the pathophysiology and clinical course of the main diseases affecting the cervico-facial segment. The Course will encompass (a) lectures, (b) tutorials and (c) seminars. Students will, by default, attend all lectures and tutorials, but are free to choose the seminar(s), they are most interested in. Upon completion of the Course, each student will be able to discuss basic clinical cases, involving the cervico-facial segment, by creating individual flow charts on diagnostics and therapeutics.

Prerequisites

Having successfully completed the pre-clinical Courses.

Course unit content

<br /><br />OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, OPHTHALMOLOGY AND DENTAL MEDICINE<br /> <br />4th Year, 1st semester, CFU n = 8.5<br /><br />OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY (SSD MED31, n = 2 CFU) and AUDIOLOGY (SSD MED32, n = 1 CFU): (a) general otorhinolaryngoiatric semeiotics (with particular attention to the cochlear and vestibular systems). (b) Ear pathology (acute and chronic otitis and their sequelae; complications of the oto-mastoiditis; differential diagnosis of deafness and vertigo; Otosclerosis; Ménière’s disease; Vestibular schwannoma; Deafness and mutism; facial nerve palsy).(c) Nose and sinus pathology (rhinitis and sinusitis, epistaxis, nasal obstruction syndrome). (d) Oro-pharyngeal pathology (chronic and acute tonsillitis). (e) Rhino-pharyngeal pathology (adenoids, fibroangioma of the nasopharynx). (f) Phoniatry (semeiotics and differential diagnosis of voice disorders, wording and language dysfunction). (g) Laryngeal pathology (acute and chronic laryngitis, vocal cord paralysis, clinical indication for tracheotomy). (h) Malignant neoplasms in otorhinolaryngology. <br />AND DENTAL MEDICINE (SSD MED28, n = 1 CFU) : DENTAL MEDICINE (SSD MED28, n = 1 CFU) :  Anatomy of teeth, oral tissues and maxillary bones, anatomy and physiology of mandibular movement, physiopathology of the temporo-mandibular joint, prevention and therapy of dental caries and acute/chronic parodontitis with involvement of the maxillary tissues, pathology of the oral mucosa, pathology of maxillary bones, pre-cancer dysplasia and lesions, oro-facial pain, basics of dental prosthesis and orthodontics, preventive oral care, dental traumathology.<br />MAXILLO-FACIAL SURGERY (SSD MED29, n = .5 CFU) Clefts lip and palate: embryology, clinics, therapy; Clinical features of the main cranio-facial malformations; Dentofacial anomalies: clinics, therapy; Surgical pathology of the salivary glands (with special interest to parotid tumors); Oral cavity cancer: etiopathogenesis, clinics, therapy; Malignant tumors of the paranasal sinuses: diagnosis, clinics, therapy; Reconstructive surgery of the head and neck region: general concepts and short accounts of the main used flaps; Traumatology of the maxillo-facial district: clinics, therapy.<br />OPHTHALMOLOGY (SSD MED30, n = 3 CFU): Eye refraction. Refractive disease: pathophysiology and treatment (basics of refractive surgery), Basics of ophthalmic instrumental diagnostics (perimetry, electrophysiology, fluorangiography, echography). Orbit and lcrimal tract diseases. Differential diagnosis of anterior segment disease: basics on conjunctivitits, keratitis, uveitis. Glaucomas: chronic open angle, congenital, secondary, chronic and acute closed angle. The cataracts: congenital, acquired, age-related. Basics on cataract surgery. Retinal vascular diseases (arterial and venous occlusion). Diabetic and hypertensive retinopathy: diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, predictive value on long-term life-span prognosis. Vitreoretinal pathologies: rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, proliferative vitreo-retinopathy (PVR), age-related maculopathy, retinopathy of prematurity. Eyeball neoplasms: uveal melanoma, retinoblastoma. Basics in neurophthalmology: optic neuritis, papilledema, anisokoria, chiasmatic syndrome and optic tract compression. Uveitis and systemic disease. Congenital and concomitant strabismus. Functional ambliopia: diagnosis, treatment, prevention. Paralitic strabismus and gaze palsy.<br /> 

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Bibliography

<br />Reference textbooks:<br />G. Rossi, Manuale di Otorinolaringoiatria, Ed. Minerva Medica<br />A. Quaranta, R. Fiorella, Manuale di Otorinolaringoiatria, Ed. Mc Graw-Hill, Libri Italia s.r.l.<br />Del Bo, Giaccai, Grisanti, Manuale di Audiologia, Masson Editore <br />G. Ficarra, Manuale di Patologia e Medicina Orale, Ed. Mc Graw-Hill<br />R. Modica, Trattato di Odontoiatria Clinica, Ed. Minerva Medica <br />R. Brusati, M. Chiapasco Elementidi Chirurgia Oro-Maxillo-Facciale Ed. Masson<br />J.C. Posnick: Craniofacial and maxillofacial  surgery in children and young adults, Ed. Saunders<br />Thawley, Panje, Batzakis, Lindberg: Comprehensive management of head and neck tumors, Ed. Saunders<br />Urken, Cheney, Sullivan, Biller: Atlas of regional and free flaps for head and neck reconstruction, Ed. Raven<br />Fonseca, Walker, Betts, Barber: Oral and maxillofacial trauma, Ed. Saunders<br /><br />C. Sborgia – N. Delle Noci, Malattie dell’Apparato Visivo, Ed. Piccin <br />J.J. Kanski, Oftalmologia clinica, Ed. Elsevier<br />L. Bonomi, Argomenti di Oftalmologia, Protei Editori<br />M. Miglior – B. Bagolini – B. Boles Carenino – N. Orzatesi – L. Scullica M. Zingirian, Oftalmologia Clinica, Ed. Monduzzi

Teaching methods

<br />Didactics:<br />Lectures and tutorials.<br />Assessmant:<br />Assessmant is by oral examination.<br />Teachers:<br /><br />SSD MED/28: Prof. Mauro Bonanini, Alberto Di Blasio, Maddalena Manfredi<br />SSD MED/29: Prof. Enrico Sesenna, Tito Poli <br />SSD MED/30: Prof. Stefano Gandolfi (Coordinatore), Giuseppe Nuzzi, Gabriella Orsoni, Paolo Mora,  Claudio Macaluso, Arturo Carta, Monica Campanini<br />SSD MED/31: Prof. Salvatore Bacciu, Giuseppe Iemmi, Tenore Ferri, Andrea Bacciu, <br />SSN MED/32: Prof. Enrico Pasanisi,Vincenzo Vincenti

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