| Course title | Neurosurgery |
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| Course code | NCH/VA051 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Exercise + Seminar |
| Level of course | Master |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 2 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
| Lecturer(s) |
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| Course content |
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The teaching consists of practical seminars and exercises. Basic knowledge of neurosurgery of the planned seminars topics is required. The practical training primarily includes discussion about diagnostic and treatment strategy of individual patient cases. Neurosurgical approaches to the intracranial space and the spinal canal. Trauma of the brain and skull: Fracture of the skull, Traumatic intracranial haematomas, Intensive care in patients with craniocerebral trauma. Intracranial tumors: Malignant intracranial tumors, Benign intracranial tumors, Tumors of the sellar region, Pediatric intracranial tumors. Cerebral vessel diseases: Intracranial aneurysma, AV Malformation, Extracranial internal carotid stenosis and occlusion. Spine and spinal cord injury. Tumors of the spine, the spinal canal and the spinal cord. Degenerative spine disease. Intracranial and spinal inflammatory disease: Brain abscess, Subdural empyema, Discitis, Intraspinal abscess. Surgical treatment of the pain: Trigeminal nerve neuralgia. Stereotactic neurosurgery. Peripheral nerve injury. Peripheral nerve tumors. Congenital, developmental defects of CNS Hydrocephalus.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Lecture, Projection (static, dynamic) |
| Learning outcomes |
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Teaching field of neurosurgery, knowledge about the diagnoses and surgical treatment, knowledge of pathophysiology of the disease, diagnostic methods and clinical examination of the patient.
Basic orientation in neurosurgical diagnoses, their investigations and treatment options. |
| Prerequisites |
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Completing the course prerequisites. Basic orientation in neurological symptomes, diagnoses, syndromes and their investigations.
IN0/VAA11 ----- or ----- IN0/VAA21 and CH0/VAB11 ----- or ----- CH0/VAB31 and NEU/VA013 ----- or ----- NEU/VA051 and CH1/VA013 ----- or ----- CH1/VA041 |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
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100% attendance at seminars. Block of seminars ends with an oral examination (colloquium). |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry | Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2025) | Category: Medical sciences | 5 | Recommended year of study:5, Recommended semester: - |