- Docente: Gianluigi Pilu
- Credits: 5
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the learning module the student will understand: the processes of the normal pregnancy and parturition; the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of the most common maternal and fetal complications; the biological basis of normal reproduction and its most common abnormalities; the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of the most frequent diseases involving the female genital tract; the etiopathogenesis of genital tract neoplasms, and the principles of prevention, diagnosis and treatment
Course contents
Principles of human embryology and teratogenesis. Maternal adaptations in pregnancy. Principles of antenatal care, obstetric ultrasound, drugs in pregnancy and lactation. labor and delivery. Obstetric surgery. Congental anomalies: impact, diagnosis, screening. Infections in pregnancy. Miscarriage and trophoblastic disease. Ectopic pregnancy. Anti-erythocyte alloimmunizations. Placenta previa and placental abruption. Premature delivery. Hypertension in pregnancy. fetal growth restriction. Diabetes in pregnancy. Multiple gestations. Maternal diseases in pregnancy. From symptoms to diagnosis of the most common obstetric complications. Reproductive axis and female gonadal function regulation throughout life. The normal and abnormal menstrual cycle. Hyperandrogenism and PCOS. Pathophysiology and clinic of menopause. Contraception. Endometriosis and female chronic pelvic pain. Infertility and sterility. Assisted reproduction. Pelvic inflammatory disease and sexually transmitted genital infections. Benign gynecological diseases. Endometrial tumors and endometrial carcinoma. Cervical diseases and cervical carcinoma. Ovarian neoplasms. Genital prolapse. Female urinary incontinence. New surgical techniques and minimally invasive surgery in gynecology.
Readings/Bibliography
PETRAGLIA, PELUSI, BOCCHI, MERIGGIOLA: Ginecologia e Ostetricia. Poletto Editore, Vermezzo 2011; BOLIS: Manuale di Ginecologia e Ostetricia, Edises Napoli, 2011; oppure ZANOIO, BARCELLONA, ZACCHE':Ginecologia e Ostetricia. Elsevier Masson, Milano 2013; oppure PESCETTO, DE CECCO, PECORARI, RAGNI, Manuale di ginecologia e ostetricia - Società Editrice Universo, Roma
Teaching methods
Lectures supported by slides
Assessment methods
Oral examinations
Teaching tools
Slides and other material, downloadable from campus
Links to further information
Office hours
See the website of Gianluigi Pilu