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01070 - Urology (AK)

Academic Year 2025/2026

                
                        Docente:
                        Riccardo Schiavina
                    
                        Credits:
                        2
                    
                        SSD:
                        MED/24
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        In-person learning (entirely or partially)
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in
                            Medicine and Surgery (cod. 5904)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale
                        
                                    Course Timetable
                                
from Mar 20, 2026 to May 22, 2026

Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide students with the essential elements for a general theoretical and practical understanding of the main primary and secondary diseases and syndromes involving, from a medical perspective, the kidneys and excretory pathways, with the goal of providing key elements for:

a correct methodological and conceptual approach to primary and secondary urological and andrological diseases;
a characterization of the pathogenesis of diseases of urological and andrological relevance;
the acquisition of clinical scenarios and knowledge of prevention, differential diagnosis, clinical course, decision-making, and potential complications.

By the end of the course, students will know the basic concepts of the main pathologies of urological and andrological interest, along with the biochemical, instrumental, and clinical investigations necessary for their diagnosis, and an overview of therapy. Thanks also to participation in scheduled internships and elective monothematic courses, by the end of the course, students will possess the theoretical-practical foundations to recognize the type of pathology by evaluating its symptoms, clinical signs, and laboratory and instrumental tests."

Course contents

Topics Covered (Epidemiology, Diagnosis to Therapy):

Prostate Cancer (Neoplasia)
Renal Neoplasms (Malignant, Benign, Renal Cysts according to Bosniak Classification)
Bladder Cancer (Superficial and Muscle-Invasive, Urinary Diversions)
Testicular Cancer
Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (Upper Tract Urothelial Neoplasms)
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
Laser Surgery in the Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (e.g., HoLEP, ThuLEP, GreenLight)
Male and Female Urinary Incontinence
Major Urological Syndromes
Urinary Stones (Calculi)
Erectile Dysfunction
Male Infertility
Varicocele, Scrotal Pathology
Pelviureteric Junction Obstruction (PUJO / UPJO)
Robotic Surgery in the Treatment of Prostate, Renal, Bladder, and Urological Malformations
Penile Cancer
Urethral Cancer
Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
Pathophysiology of Micturition (Voiding Dysfunction)

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