NEUROSURGERY

Degree course: 
Corso di Long single cycle degree (6 years) in MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2019/2020
Year: 
5
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2023/2024
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Credits: 
2
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
24
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (16 hours), Seminar (8 hours)
Requirements: 

Human anatomy and neuroanatomy, physiology and pathology of the central nervous system.

Oral examination.

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

Acquire diagnostic properties and knowledge of the therapeutic pathways of the main neurosurgical pathologies.

Cranial and spinal traumatology, intracranial hemorrhages, brain tumors, notes on degenerative syndromes of the spine, skull base diseases, notes on malformative and dysembryogenetic pathologies, hydrocephalus, notes on functional neurosurgery.

- Anatomy and physiology of the nervous system
- Intracranial hypertension and coma
- Cranial and spinal traumatology: classification and diagnostic-therapeutic path
- Intracranial haemorrhage and vascular malformations: etiology, classification, diagnosis and therapy
- Disc herniation and degenerative pathology of the spine
- Intrinsic and extraxial tumors and central nervous system metastases: classification according to the WHO, diagnosis and therapy
- Skull base and sellar region pathology: epidemiology, diagnosis and therapy
- Malformative and dysembryogenetic pathology: craniosynostosis, encephalocele, spina bifida and Chiari malformation
- Hydrocephalus
- Pain and functional neurosurgery
- CNS infections and abscesses

Lectures with simulation of clinical cases.

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