Surgical Disciplines

Management of the patient in the operating room, asepsis and sepsis
Surgical sutures
The polytrauma
Surgical pathology of the venous and arterial vascular system
Pathology of the abdominal wall and hernias

1 Cranio facial malformations
Craniostenosis and craniofaciostenosis (general principles, plagiocephaly, trigonocephaly, scaphocephaly, brachycephaly, S. of Appert, S. of Crouzon etc.)
2 Cranio-maxillofacial traumatology: general principles, pathogenesis, diagnostic features and treatment
Soft tissue traumatology (wound healing, lesions of the glandular ducts etc.)
Traumatology of the facial skeleton with particular reference to orbital and zygomatic fractures
3 Orbital and periorbital tumors:
Classification of tumors
diagnostic features (clinical and radiographic)
treatment modalities
4 Surgery of the trigeminal and facial nerves
Classification of nerve injuries
Injury of the trigeminal nerve and of the facial nerve: diagnostic features and therapy modalities
5 Exophthalmos surgery
Classification of exophthalmos
Clinical problems in Graves-Basedow orbitopathy
Exophthalmos surgery: history, technique, indications and results

1. Notions of the anatomy of the intraocular lens. Cataract classification. Indications for surgery. Modern cataract surgical techniques (phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation; cataract surgery using femtolaser) Video presentations of different cases of cataract surgery including cases of complicated cataract surgery. Presentazione di
2. Notions of the anatomy of the cornea. Presentation of major corneal disorders requiring surgical treatment. Corneal transplation surgery (perforating keratoplasty; anterior lamellar keratoplasty; endothelial keratoplasty).
3. Glaucoma classification. Indications for surgery. Parasurgical procedures (laser techniques) for the treatment of glaucoma. Trabeculectomy (filtration) surgery; non filtration surgery; valve surgery; devices).
-4. Clinical presentation and classification of macular diseases requiring surgical treatment ( macular pucker; macular holes, etc). Vitrectomy; Epiretinal membrane peeling/inner limiting membrane peeling. Video presentations of surgical techniques.
5. Clinical presentation of retinal detachment. Surgical techniques ab externo and ab interno. Video presentations of surgical techniques.
-6. Parasurgical treatment techniques (laser treatment) for: secondary cataract; acute glaucoma; proliferative retinal vasculopathies; excimer lasers.

1. Anatomy and physiology. Phlogistic pathology of the nose and paranasal sinuses. Clinical and instrumental semiotics.
Trauma. Inflammatory pathology of the nose and paranasal sinuses and its complications. Epistaxis. Foreign bodies.
2. Anatomo-physiology. Phlogistic pathology of the oral cavity, nasopharynx and oropharynx. Instrumental clinical semeiotics.
Infectious phlogistic pathology - Obstructive pathology. Neoplastic pathology.
3. Anatomy and physiology. Pathology of the external, middle and internal ear. Instrumental clinical semeiotics.
Infectious phlogistic pathology. Hearing loss.
4. Anatomy and Physiology. Phlogistic and neoplastic pathology of the larynx and digestive airways. Instrumental clinical semeiotics.
Malformations. Trauma. Organic - functional - lesion laryngopathy due to impaired movement. Benign neoformative pathology.
Urgencies and emergencies in otorhinolaryngology