Learning objectives
PROVIDE THE STUDENT SKILLS 'SIGNIFICANT, RECOGNITION AND INTERPRETATION OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS (anamnestic and AIMS) FOR CLASSIFICATION OF ORTHOPAEDICS DISEASES
Full programme
Congenital dysplasia of the hip.
Congenital twisted foot.
Hollow foot, flat foot.
Hallux valgus. Metatarsalgia.
Torticollis.
Meta-epiphyseal juvenile dystrophy or osteochondrosis (Perthes' disease, epiphysiolysis).
Scoliosis (congenital bone scoliosis, acquired scoliosis, juvenile idiomatic scoliosis, diagnosis, clinical diagnosis and principles of therapy).
Osteoarthritis (general principles, classification, pathological anatomy, clinical and radiographic diagnosis). Vertebral osteoarthritis, arthrosis of the hip, arthrosis of the knee and rizoarthrosis.
Diagnosis and principles of treatment of lumbago, lumbosciatalgi, lombocruralgia and cervicobrachialgia.
General information on primitive and metatastatic tumors of the musculoskeletal system.
General principles of traumatology (bruises, sprains, dislocations and fractures).
Healing processes of a fracture.
Delay of consolidation and pseudoarthrosis; complications of fractures and dislocations. Main fractures of the limbs and vertebro-medullary fractures. Fractures of the proximal femur. Wrist and carpal scaphoid fractures.
Capsule-ligament injuries of the knee and meniscal injuries.
Carpal tunnel syndrome. Dupuytren's disease. Trigger finger. Rheumatoid hand. De Quervain’s disease.
Bibliography
1) MANUALE DI ORTOPEDIA E TRAUMATOLGIA F. Benazzo, F. Ceccarelli G. Cerulli et all. Monduzzi Ed.
2) MANUALE DI ORTOPEDIA E TRAUMATOLOGIA S. Giannini, C. Faldini Ed. Minerva Medica
Teaching methods
ORAL LESSONS, ACTIVITY FOR LITTLE GROUPS OF STUDENTS