NEUROPSICHIATRIA INFANTILE E NEUROCHIRURGIA
Module NEUROCHIRURGIA

Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: GIUSEPPE MARIA BARBAGALLO

Expected Learning Outcomes

To understand epidemiology, classification, clinical features and diagnostic approaches to the most common neurosurgical diseases. To gain experience about clinical correlation between neurosurgical diseases and neuropsichiatric disorders.

Course Structure

Frontal teaching; practical training and seminars to be held in the Neurosurgical Unit, Policlinico "G. Rodolico-San Marco" University Hospital, San Marco Hospital,Catania

Detailed Course Content

  • Intracranial hypertension

• Cerebro-spinal Fluid circulation diseases: diagnosis and treatment

• Cranio-cerebral hemorrhages

• Traumatic brain injuries

• Brain tumors: diagnosis and multimodal treatment

• Degenerative spine disease potentially causing neuropsichiatric disorders

• Traumatic spine injuries

• Cervical spondylotic myelopathy and cervical disc herniation

• Lumbar and thoracic spine disc herniation and spondylosis

Textbook Information

  • Neurochirurgia in 10 lezioni

    Editore: Minerva Medica

    Data di Pubblicazione: 2019

Course Planning

 SubjectsText References
1Sindrome da ipertensione endocranica • Diagnosi e trattamento delle patologie della dinamica liquorale • Emorragie cranio-encifaliche • Traumi cranio-encefalici • Diagnosi e trattamento multimodale dei tumori cerebrali • Diagnosi e trattamento delle patologie degenerative della colonna vertebrale, con particolare riferimento alle condizioni patologiche potenzialmente causa anche di disturbi neuropsichiatrici • Traumi vertebro-midollari • Mielopatia spondilodiscoartrosica ed ernia del diMateriale didattico fornito dal Docente anche su piattaforma TEAMS; Neurochirurgia in 10 lezioni