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Teacher Davide Maria Donati
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Credits 3
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Teaching Mode Traditional lectures
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Language Italian
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Campus of Bologna
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Degree Programme Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
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Course Timetable from Nov 30, 2021 to Dec 17, 2021
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.

Academic Year 2021/2022
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student has acquired the basic knowledge on the medical evaluation of the major diseases of the Musculoskeletal system. The student is able torecognize the methods of diagnosticconcerning these diseases, the main conservative and surgical treatment options, the principles of diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of the traumarelated to theMusculoskeletal system.
Course contents
- Anatomy, Hystology, Embriology
- Osteopathy and genotipic desease
- Congenital deformity (spine, myogenic neck, hip dysplasia, clubfoot)
- Growing Desease (scoliosis, Scheuermann, spondylolisis-listesis, epiphysiolisits, osteocondrosis, dismetric leg, varus-valgus knee, claw foot, flat foot)
- Neuromuscular desease: perinatal pulsy, spastic pulsy, poliomielitis
- Vascular support desease (osteonecrosis, algodystrofhy)
- Arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, shoulder impingment, anchilopoietic spine, cervical and lumbar spine ernjation, anterior foot deformity)
- Infective desease (osteomielitis, tubercolosis)
- Endocrinal and metabolic desease (hyper paratiroid, rachitism, osteophorosis, Paget desease, gout
- Tumor and pseudotumor lesion (classification, diagnosis, stage, therapy, metastic lesions)
- Traunatic lesion (general principles, therapy, mid shaft fracture, femoral fracture, fracture and verterbral luxation, meniscal and ligaments knee lesion)
- General principles of hand surgery and upper limb
- General priciples of rehabilitation
Readings/Bibliography
Manuale di Ortopedia e Traumatologia
S. Giannini, C. Faldini, Minerva Medica Editore
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures
Assessment methods
Oral examination
Teaching tools
Frontal Lectures with Powerpoint presentations
Office hours
See the website of Davide Maria Donati