NEUROSURGERY
cod. 01646

Academic year 2010/11
4° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Neurochirurgia (MED/27)
Field
Discipline neurologiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
8 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
hub: -
course unit
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Integrated course unit module: NEUROLOGY

Learning objectives

The course is aimed at a basic understanding of the major diseases of neurosurgical interest: CNS tumours, with special focus on their epidemiology, symptoms and treatment principles; head and spinal injuries, with respect to pathophysiology, emergency and clinical management of post-traumatic focal and diffuse lesions; cerebral haemorrhaging, with a definition of primary and secondary causes and with strict reference to differential diagnosis; spondyloarthrosis, epidemiology and clinical management of lumbar/cervical herniated disk, hydrocephalus and syringomyelia; adult normal-pressure hydrocephalus and differential diagnosis with dementia.

Prerequisites

The same of the integrated course

Course unit content

Intracranial hypertension syndrome
Supratentorial brain tumours
Subtentorial brain tumours
Spinal tumours
Head injuries
Spinal injuries
Hydrocephalus
Brain vessel malformations
Brain aneurysms
Spinal degenerative disease
Subarachnoid haemorrhage
Cerebral haemorrhage

Full programme

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Bibliography

For neurosurgery-related subjects, see dedicated chapters in the recommended neurology

Teaching methods

Up-front classes, small-group activities

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination

Other information

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