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PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY

CODE 68399
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
  • 1 cfu during the 3nd year of 9287 TERAPIA DELLA NEURO E PSICOMOTRICITA' DELL'ETA' EVOL(L/SNT2) - GENOVA
  • SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/27
    LANGUAGE Italian
    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
  • SEMESTER 1° Semester
    MODULES This unit is a module of:
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    AIMS AND CONTENT

    LEARNING OUTCOMES

    At the end of the course, the student will be able to recognize, describe and classify the most frequent neurosurgical pathology in pediatric age

    AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

    The teaching aims are:

    providing students with a general understanding of the pathology of neurosurgical competence that they will most frequently encounter in their professional activity

    TEACHING METHODS

    The course includes 10 hours of lectures with slide view

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

      Definition, classification, clinical picture and rudiments of surgical treatment of:

    - Hydrocephalus and more frequent congenital anomalies of the cerebrospinal fluid circulation

    - Intracranial hypertension

    - craniostenosis

    - Malformations of the skull-cervical hinge

    - Defects of closing of spinal cord (spina bifida)

    - Encephalic tumors and main related syndromes

    RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

     

    "Neurochirurgie" (P. Decq, Y. Kéravel) ed. ELLIPSES

    Slides and notes related to lessons

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    EUGENIA DUFOUR (President)

    SUSANNA BACIGALUPPI

    NICOLA LAFFI

    ELISABETTA LAMPUGNANI

    ANDREA ROSSI

    GIROLAMO MATTIOLI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

    LESSONS

    LESSONS START

    october

    EXAMS

    EXAM DESCRIPTION

    Written questions with multiple  choice answers

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

    - Checks the student's attention span during the lessons and the knowledge of the basics, object of the course

    - Uses  a method of impartial judgment and an evaluation on all the subjects treated

    Exam schedule

    Date Time Location Type Notes
    26/01/2023 13:00 GENOVA Orale
    16/02/2023 13:00 GENOVA Orale
    22/06/2023 13:00 GENOVA Orale
    27/07/2023 13:00 GENOVA Orale
    28/09/2023 13:00 GENOVA Orale