Neurosurgery

Recommended Prerequisites

Neurology. Knowledge on Infectious diseases, ENT and General Surgery may be relevant in some issues. Good level of portuguese language utilization, as well as Internet.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical classes (10x 1h), practical classes (8x1h, on the subject of the previous theoretical one) and theoritacla/practcal classes (3x5h at the emergency department and at the operating room, for orientes observation of neurosurgical interventions and emergent pathology, mainly traumatic, tumoral and vascular).

Learning Outcomes

The student should, at the end of the learning period, be able to:

1. To develop a comprehensive clinical note and a detailed neurological examination with a focus on the relevant aspects of both.

2. Identify the abnormal findings in the neurological examination

3. To formulate a diagnostic hypothesis

4. To develop the adequate strategy to explore the hypothesis formulated (complementary exams and differentail diagnosis)

5. To implement a plan to deal in an adequate way with the identified problems (treatment ans prognosis)

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Introduction. Field definition. Relationship with other specialities. Technology and  Neurosurgery. The future of Neurosurgery.

2. Intracranial hypertension

3. Head trauma

4. Vertebro-medullar trauma

5. Spinal pathology

6. Malignant tumoral pathology

7. Benign tumoral pathology

8. Vascular pathology

9. Functional pathology

10. Other (hydrocephalus, infection, congenital malformations)

 

Head Lecturer(s)

Marcos Daniel de Brito da Silva Barbosa

Assessment Methods

Avaliação
Avaliação de desempenho nas aulas práticas e teórico-práticas: 20.0%
Exam: 80.0%

Bibliography

Handbook of Neurosurgery

7ª edição Mark S. Grennberg

Thieme 2010

 

Operative Neurosurgical Techniques

5ª edição Henry H. Schmidek, David W. Roberts

Saunders Elsevier 2006