The course will be held through lectures, with presentation of slides and videos
Contents
- Anatomy of the female genital apparatus - Cyclical changes in the fertile age, physiology of human reproduction. - Climaterium. - Etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, general principles of therapy and gynecological emergencies derived frompathologies of the menstrual cycle. - Amenorrhea and menometrorrhages. - Pelvic inflammatory disease and sexually transmitted diseases. - Pelvic mass: differential diagnosis and diagnostic imaging - Benign neoplasms of the ovary - Endometriosis - Benign neoplasm of uterus and uterine myomas. - Diagnosis and treatment of extrauterine pregnancy - Pelvic inflammatory disease. - Diagnosis and treatment of couple sterility. - Nesting and placentation - Physiological pregnancy and changes in the maternal organism during pregnancy and puerperium. -Ultrasound diagnostics and monitoring of fetal growth. - Indications and techniques of prenatal diagnosis. - Labor and eutocical childbirth -Epidemiology of gynecological neoplasms. - Anti papilloma virus screening and vaccination methods - Cervical cancer: natural history; aetiology; risk factors; cervical preneoplastic lesions; screening methods. Staging and treatment of invasive forms. - Endometrial cancer: risk factors; endometrial hyperplasia; clinical history; diagnostic methods; staging and treatment. - Ovarian cancers: risk factors; clinical history; diagnosis; validity and limits of ultrasound screening; staging and treatment. -Malignant tumors of the vagina and vulva: clinical history; precancerous lesions, diagnosis. Staging and treatment of invasive forms. - Indications, limits and complications of chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment
More information
It will be possible to attend the gynecology and obstetrics clinics (subject to a formal request from the student via email addressed to the Director of the Gynecology and Obstetrics department) to explore specific diagnostic and surgical aspects in obstetrics and gynecology. For an appointment contact the department secretariat Monday to Friday from 8.00 am to 12.00 pm, tel. 0332.299210 email: fabio.ghezzi@uninsubria.it