71088 - Instrumental Diagnosis

Academic Year 2015/2016

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)

Course contents

 Anatomy and physiology of the anal canal- proctological semeiotics.

 Obstructed defecation syndrome

Imaging-Functional diagnostics.

Proctological Outpatient Clinic (ETA + ETR).

Day Surgery (DS).

Abscesses and perianal idiopathic fistulas-Perianal Crohn's Disease.

 Hidradenitis - Anovaginal and rectovaginal fistulas.

Endoscopic Outpatient Clinic.

Anal Incontinence–Haemorrhoids.

Anal Fissures – Anal carcinoma.


In DS, Proctological and Endoscopic Outpatient Clinic days, students will be divided into subgroups depending on the number of subscribed members. Lectures will be held at  “Aula Didattica”, 2° floor, Nuovo Polo


Teaching methods

Classroom lectures

Projections of instructional and clinical cases videos

Discussion on complex clinical cases 

Access by turns to the operating theatre of the two involved Units

Access by turns to the outpatients' clinics of the two involved Units

Assessment methods

multiple choice quiz

Teaching tools

Slideshow which will then be published on website and delivered to students on informative support, at the end of the course.

Office hours

See the website of Silvio Laureti