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)

ANDREA BIANCONI

NICOLA LAFFI

ANTONIA RAMAGLIA

CINZIA MAZZOLA (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

october

Class schedule

PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY

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