AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The teaching aims to:

- deepen knowledge on the main pathological conditions of the age of growth,

- classify the problems both from the point of view of etiology (congenital, connatal and acquired diseases) which, from the point of view of age (early childhood, second childhood, adolescence),

- highlight of each problem the characteristics of greater adherence to the professional profile of the student, in the light of the general knowledge acquired so far.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

To present to students the main problems and pathologies of the developmental age, distinguishing and deepening:

- the main congenital and connatal diseases

- spinal pathologies and related principles of chiensiological treatment

- the main pathologies of the limbs in reference to the main stages of motor development

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures with the support of slides, interactive discussion, ongoing tests of truth.

Any Student with documented Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), or with any special needs, should contact the Lecturer(s) and to the dedicated SLD Representative in the Department before class begins, in order to liaise and arrange the specific teaching methods so that the learning aims and outcomes may be met.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

- Paradismorphisms of the evolutionary age

- The problems of walking in childhood

- PTC, DCS, Myogenic torticollis

- Congenital dysmorphia of the rachis

- Frontal (scoliosis) and sagittal (curved back) disorders of the spine

- Background on Birth Disorders

- Osteochondrosis

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Molfetta L. - Patologie dell'apparto locomotore. Pacini Ed., Pisa.

Ruggeri P. - Ortopedia e Traumatologia. Piccin Ed.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

CATERINA ANSUINI (President)

EMANUELA LUISA FAELLI (President)

LUIGI MOLFETTA (President)

CARLO TROMPETTO (President)

ANDREA CANESSA (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

II semester.

Class schedule

PEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral exam.

Exam schedule