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Dr. Ivo Tarfusser, MD

Consultant in General Surgery
Consultant in Urology

Date of birth:07-12-1952
Place of birth:Merano BZ (Italy)
Address:Via delle Corse 52, 39012 Merano BZ (Italy)
E-Mail:summit@parsec.it
Phone:+39 335 241686
Fax:+39 0473 236409

EDUCATION:

1972Secondary high school graduation exam ("Esame di maturità": Klass. Gymn.-Lyz. "Beda Weber" Merano)
16-03-1979Medical Degree ”Doktor der gesamten Heilkunde” (University of Vienna, Austria)
01-11-1979State's Exam (University of Bologna, Italy)
Medical License in Italy (“Abilitazione all'esercizio della Professione Medica”)
1981Medical License in Sweden („Läkarlegitimation”)
1987Certificate as Specialist in General Surgery (Stockholm, Sweden)
1988Certificate as Specialist in Urology (Stockholm, Sweden)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

1979-1981Internship (according to the internship training requirements in Sweden to gain the Medical License: Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm; Central Hospital Borås; General Medical Center Hallunda/Tumba Stockholm)
1981-1984Specialty Registrar (Dept. of Surgery, Central Hospital Borås, Sweden)
1984-1985Specialty Registrar ( Dept. of Surgery, Osp. Civile Alingsås, Sweden)
1985-1988Specialty Registrar (Div. of Urology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital Göteborg, Sweden)
1988-1989Senior Registrar Dept. of Surgery, Central Hospital Borås, Sweden
1989-1994Consultant Division of Urology, Dept. of Surgery, Central Hospital Borås, Sweden
1994-ongoingConsultant in Urology and General Surgery in “Villa Sant'Anna” Clinic in Merano

Publications, scientific activities etc.:

Urethral pressure profile measurement in the preoperative assessment of female urethral damage.
   I. Tarfusser and M. Fall
   Department of Urology, Sahlgren's Hospital, Göteborg, Schweden.
   World Journal of Urology, Volume 6, Number 4 / February, 1989

How variations in the composition of urine influence urease-induced crystallization.
   Hugosson J, Grenabo L, Hedelin H, Pettersson S, Tarfusser I.
   Department of Urology, Sahlgren's Hospital, Göteborg, Schweden.
   Urol Res. 1990;18(6):413-7.

La simpatectomia endoscopica toracica nella terapia della iperidrosi palmare ed ascellare.
Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy in the treatment of palmar and axillary hyperhidrosis.
   I. Tarfusser, C. Drott, G. Göthberg, G. Claes
   Centralsjukhuset Borås, Schweden
   G Ital Dermatol Venereol 1993, Vol. 128, N. 10, pag. 527-531

Endosurgical Alternatives in the Treatment of the Chronic Prostatitis Syndrome, Part I: The Diagnostic Base. (poster)
   I. Tarfusser, B. Zackrisson, P. Folmerz.
   11th World Congress on Endourology, Oct 20-23, 1993, Florence, Italy.

Endosurgical Alternatives in the Treatment of the Chronic Prostatitis Syndrome, Part II: The Transurethral Procedures. (poster)
   I. Tarfusser, B. Zackrisson, P. Folmerz.
   11th World Congress on Endourology, Oct 20-23, 1993, Florence, Italy.

The Origin of Discomfort in Patients with Chronic Prostatitis Syndrome.
   I. Tarfusser, B. Zackrisson, P. Folmerz.
   XIth Congress of the European Association of Urology (EAU), 13-16 July, 1994, Germany.

Transurethral Procedures in the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Prostatitis Syndrome.
   I. Tarfusser, B. Zackrisson, P. Folmerz.
   XIth Congress of the European Association of Urology (EAU), 13-16 July, 1994, Berlin, Germany.

Operative Therapie der Hyperhidrose.
   I. Tarfusser, Meran, Italien
   38. Symposium der Chirurgischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Endoskopie und Sonographie (CAE) der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Chirurgie und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Viszeralchirurgie, Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Erlangen, 04.-07.10.2000

Iperidrosi palmare: trattamento con simpatectomia endoscopica toracica.
   I. Tarfusser.
   VII Riunione "Giornate di terapia in Dermovenereologia", 28-29 Gen 1995 Giardini Naxos, CT, Italy

Frequency and Causes of Clip Removal after Endoscopic Sympathetic Block (ESB).
   I. Tarfusser.
   Clinical Autonomic Research, Volume 15, Number 2 / April, 2005
   6th International Symposium on Sympathetic Surgery (ISSS) 4th–6th May 2005 University Campus Vienna Austria

Endoscopic Transthoracic Sympathectomy (ETS) T3 for Recurrent Palmar Hyperhidrosis after previous ETS T2
   I. Tarfusser.
   6th International Symposium on Sympathetic Surgery (ISSS) 4th–6th May 2005 University Campus Vienna Austria

Variations in Surgical Topography of the 3rd Thoracic Sympathetic Ganglion
   I. Tarfusser.
   6th International Symposium on Sympathetic Surgery (ISSS) 4th–6th May 2005 University Campus Vienna Austria
   Clinical Autonomic Research, Volume 15, Number 2 / April, 2005

Factors determining Compensatory Sweating after Lumbar Retroperitoneoscopic Sympathectomy for Plantar Hyperhidrosis
   A. Giudiceandrea, I. Tarfusser, R. Cosio.
   The Eighth International Symposium on Sympathetic Surgery (ISSS) and VATS, 25 to 29 March 2009,
   New York, United States

Endoscopic lumbar sympathetic block (ELS): Medium term results
   A. Giudiceandrea, I. Tarfusser
   9th International Symposium on Sympathetic Surgery, 17 to 19 June 2011, Odense, Denmark

Interruption of the rami communicantes T1 (RC1) for recurrent facial blushing after previous ETS or ESB
   I. Tarfusser
   9th International Symposium on Sympathetic Surgery, 17 to 19 June 2011, Odense, Denmark

Extended sympathectomy (T4-T10) and reconstruction (T2) with harvested interganglionic nerve segment in a case of extreme reactive hyperhidrosis
   I. Tarfusser, A. Giudiceandrea
   11th International Symposium on Sympathetic Surgery (ISSS) 15th–16th October 2015, Santiago de Chile

Combined Bilateral ETS And ELS in One Single Session in Patients with Severe Palmo-Plantar Hyperhidrosis (abstract)
   I. Tarfusser
   13th International Symposium on Sympathetic Surgery (ISSS) 10th–12th October 2019, Pisa, Italy

Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release Without Invading the Tunnel: A New Transretinacular Technique.
   I. Tarfusser, M. Mariacher, W. Berger, T. Tarfusser, F. Nienstedt
   Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg. 2022 Mar; 26(1): 12–17.
   Published online 2021 May 3. doi: 10.1097/BTH.0000000000000351
   PMCID: PMC8876420

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Languages:

Fluent:German, Swedish, Italian, English
Basic:French, Norwegian, Dutch, Spanish