Goals : The course aims to provide students with the essentials knowledge of the main urological and andrological disease, the clinical course and the complications. At the end of the course, the student should know the basics of the main urological and andrological diseases and their diagnostic evaluation and the principal surgical and medical treatment.
The malformations of the genitourinary system: hypospadias, epispadias, megaureter, ureterocele, valves of the posterior urethra, syndrome of the ureteral joint, polycystic and multi-cystic kidney Hematuria: etiology, differential diagnosis and pseudohemuria Infections of the upper and lower urinary tract, including: a. Urinary tuberculosis; b. Sexually transmitted infections (HPV) Rheno-ureteral calculosis: etiology, diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment of lithiasis Urinary incontinence: physiology of urination and urinary continence, notes on urodynamic examination, neurological bladder, female urinary incontinence Obstruction of the lower urinary tract and obstructive uropathies Stenosis of the urethra LUTS (lower urinary tract symptons): obstructive and irritative symptoms of voiding disorders, uroflowmetry Benign prostatic hypertrophy: IPSS score, medical and surgical treatment (new lasers and new techniques) Prostate cancer: PSA and its derivatives (phi, 4K, MdxSelect), diagnosis (Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance), medical and surgical treatment (open, laparoscopy, robotics) Tumors of the kidney, adrenal gland and high excretory pathways, cystic renal pathologies Bladder tumors: diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment Testis tumors Andrology: erectile dysfunction, priapism, La Peyronie's disease, premature ejaculation, testicular torsion, hydrocele, varicocele, gender dysphoria Renal traumas Urological instrumentation (endoscopy, laparoscopy and robotics)
- Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: From Research to Bedside. Editors: Giuseppe Morgia Giorgio Russo. Paperback ISBN: 9780128113974
- Porpiglia F. – “Urologia” – editore Minerva Medica
- Collegio dei Professori Universitari di Prima Fascia in ruolo e fuori ruolo- “Manuale di Urologia e Andrologia” - Pacini Editore Medicin